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Mother and Son

The story of Maggie Beare, an elderly woman suffering from dementia (or so she says), and her faithful, yet long suffering son, Arthur. Despite all of Maggies manipulative ways, he is her carer, even if they dont always get along.

10 Votes (8.3)

1984 HD 30min Australia English Ended
Comedy
aging dementia

Credits:

Geoffrey Atherden

director

Garry McDonald

Arthur Beare

Ruth Cracknell

Maggie Beare

Henri Szeps

Robert Beare

Judy Morris

Liz Beare

S1E1 - The Nursing Home 1984-01-16

Arthur begins to finally consider putting Maggie in a rest home after his wife leaves him.

S1E2 - The Milk 1984-01-23

After sending Maggie out for some milk 3 hours ago, Arthur discovers Maggie has been faking a broken wrist to get meals on wheels for free. This prompts the meals on wheels volunteer to think Arthur is incapable of looking after Maggie and sends a social worker to discuss the situation.

S1E3 - The Oysters 1984-01-30

Arthur discovers Maggie has been arriving home on the back of a garbage truck, and making a nuisance of herself at a local hospital. This forces Arthur to tell Maggie not to go out during the day any more, but to no avail.

S1E4 - The Tickets 1984-02-06

Arthur 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 to believe he wants to take her on the holiday.

S1E5 - The Babysitter 1984-02-13

After spending several Saturday nights at home with Maggie, Arthur questions why he doesnt have a girlfriend. So he makes a date with Deidre, prompting Maggie to discover she hates to be left alone at night.

S1E6 - The Boyfriend 1984-02-20

Its Maggies birthday and the entire family gets together to celebrate. Maggie sees the family gathering the perfect chance to bring home a new boyfriend, and tells Arthur shed like to marry again.

S1E7 - The Illness 1984-02-27

Maggie thinks shes dying and finally wonders what to do about her will. After discovering Robert wants to sell the family home, she anxiously wishes to change her will... But finding the will is the problem for her and Arthur, who is looking for his own house to live in.

S2E1 - The Money 1985-03-04

After receiving a letter from the government, Maggie thinks they think shes dead, but in fact, they are investigating why she hasnt cashed in her pension cheques. Arthur wonders as well, and discovers she has been hiding the cheques...and other sums of money, around the house.

S2E2 - The Divorce 1985-03-11

The day of Arthurs divorce is approaching, and Maggie cant understand why he has to divorce. This prompts Robert to consider his marriage to Liz after they have a big argument.

S2E3 - The Funeral 1985-03-18

Arthurs uncle dies, and not even a funeral can keep peace within the family. After Maggie buys a bag of oranges and drops them accidentally into the open grave, Arthurs other uncle visits him and Maggie...with an unexpected situation.

S2E4 - The Promotion 1985-03-25

Arthur is offered a new job, but must make a move to Canberra. But trying to convince Maggie to move away with him proves harder than first anticipated.

S2E5 - The Aunt 1985-04-01

Maggies sister Lorna visits, and the meeting is far from pleasant. Arthur is hoping Lornas company will give him a chance to go out with his new girlfriend.

S2E6 - The Card Game 1985-04-08

Arthur is having some friends over for a card game, and Maggie is shocked that she wont be joining them for the game. When the cards go missing, Maggie is the prime suspect and a whole house search is in order, and Maggie becomes the centre of Arthurs friends attention..in many bad ways.

S2E7 - The Morning After 1985-04-15

Arthurs girlfriend spends the night, which shocks Maggie. Enough for her to walk out and threaten to move in with Robert and Liz. Robert tries to steadily convince Arthur to take his girlfriend somewhere else to be alone, and also to convince Maggie not to move out.

S3E1 - The Christmas Drinks 1985-02-27

Its a hot summer Christmas for Arthur, who is having a party for all his friends and family. But as far as Maggie is concerned, she just wants Arthur to take her to church and forget about the party. A series of incidents leads to an argument between the family... And finally to the church.

S3E2 - The Sign 1986-03-03

Maggie becomes anxious about the whereabouts of her late husband, so she finds solace in religion, in the hope of meeting up with her husband in heaven, but to Arthur, Maggie is just, once again, being crazy...or is she?

S3E3 - The Picnic 1986-03-10

A day at the park with the whole family turns out to be a disaster as Maggie goes missing...only to wonder off on a bus, for an old folks home!

S3E4 - The Accident 1986-03-17

Arthur accidentally drops a typewriter on his foot, forcing him to stay home, and have Maggie as his carer...could things get any more worse for Arthur? Trying to buy a sandwich for Arthur lands Maggie in a baby clinic, and then at a hospital, where she meets a friend.

S3E5 - The Last Will 1986-03-24

Maggie reads her last will to the family, and Arthur is shocked at what she has to say-but not so for Robert and Liz.

S3E6 - The Neighbours 1986-03-31

A feud arises between Maggie and her next door neighbour, who is a Greek immigrant. After an exchange of threats and property damage, Arthur and the neighbours son decide to fix up the ladies relationship.

S3E7 - The Cruise 1986-04-07

Maggie and her new friend Claude make plans to go on a cruise, which surprises Arthur, and shocks Robert..but not is all as it seems for Claude.

S4E1 - The Medals 1988-02-01

Maggie assumes that its ANZAC day, and tries her hardest to go and see the parade...but Arthur tries his hardest to convince her it isnt the day yet.

S4E2 - The Friend 1988-02-08

Arthur feels Maggie needs a friend after he discovers shes talking to herself...so he hires a woman to help Maggie with the housework, as well as look after her.

S4E3 - The Car 1988-02-15

Maggie wishes to visit the place of her honeymoon, but Arthur wants to do otherwise..so Maggie wants to drive there herself. The car then becomes the centre of attention as Robert buys it off Maggie, leaving Arthur carless..theres only one way to get the car back from Maggie...

S4E4 - The Surprise 1988-02-22

Arthur, Maggie and Liz plan a surprise party for Roberts birthday but when Robert turns up late, Liz starts to think if he is having another affair with one of her friends.

S4E5 - The Dog 1988-02-29

Robert needs to dump a dog that Liz doesnt want, so he gives it to Arthur and Maggie...who have more than a hard time looking after it.

S4E6 - The Fridge 1988-03-07

The fridge needs to be fixed, Maggie is working on her memoirs and at the same time, Robert begins to question his mothers love for him, compared to Arthur. Bitterness arises between the family.

S4E7 - The Last Straw 1988-03-14

Arthur has finally had enough of Maggie, so walks out on her to go on a holiday..leaving Robert in charge...what will come of this arrangement?

S5E1 - The Deed 1992-02-10

Trying to get Maggie to sign over Power of Attorney to the house is a hard journey for Arthur when she accidently loses the deed in her bedroom.

S5E2 - The Budgie 1992-02-17

Feeling that Maggie could use some companionship after a fight with Robert, Arthur brings home a budgie for her to look after...this is harder than it seems for Maggie, who decides to feed the bird some chicken.

S5E3 - The Big Sleep 1992-02-24

Maggies having trouble falling asleep...causing Arthur sleepless nights too, for her fear of death has arisen once again. She begins making several arrangements for her death..which prompts her to think about her husbands funeral, and how little she did for him.

S5E4 - The Clock 1992-03-02

All Arthur wants is a nice, quiet Saturday at home, but Maggie believes a neighbour across the street stole her clock many years ago, so she returns to claim it, but is caught taking it. Arthur and Robert need to find a way to find out if the clock is genuinely hers or not. But there is something else up Roberts sleeve...

S5E5 - The Rest 1992-03-09

Maggie cant understand why Arthur is being so cranky lately, so she decides to visit the doctor to get some answers. The answer, give Arthur a holiday. But Arthur has something else in mind...

S5E6 - The Baby 1992-03-16

Secretly doing some babysitting during the day, Maggie gives away what shes doing when Arthur sees shes knitting a baby booty, but when he discovers the baby, he thinks shes kidnapped it from the shop. A visit from Robert and Liz prompts them to check on the baby and a letter that Maggie received in the mail for Robert leads Arthur, and eventually Liz, to think the baby is Roberts. Will Arthur find out what Maggie is up to?

S5E7 - The Sunday Roast 1992-03-23

All Arthur wants is to bring home a girlfriend for Sunday lunch, but convincing Maggie is the trouble. So he disguises his girlfriend as a distant cousin who is visiting the family, and this impresses Maggie, who just loves the family. Arthur gets the whole family together and lets Robert and Liz in on the secret, but they have a hard time keeping it from Maggie when an argument breaks out between Maggie and Liz.

S6E1 - The Ride 1994-02-07

It seems that Robert is about to turn over a new leaf when he takes Maggie out for a drive, but secretly is meeting up with another woman. After Maggie walks out of the car and Robert loses her, he and Liz go to search for her, but the mystery woman is discovered by Liz as they are searching for Maggie. Is this the end of Robert and Liz?

S6E2 - The Trip 1994-02-14

We see the return of Maggies younger sister, Lorna, who has just lost her husband, and wants to take Maggie to England, but will they even make it to the plane without fighting?

S6E3 - The Family Feud 1994-02-21

Maggie and Lorna are about to return home from England, and Robert has moved in with Arthur since Liz kicked him out. Once Robert finally leaves, and the sisters return home, Arthur is not surprised to find the sisters are not speaking, but it is over something that Lorna said about Arthur. This prompts a family meeting with everyone, and they turn against poor Arthur, who discovers what his family really thinks of him.

S6E4 - The Caravan 1994-02-28

After a bitter fight over "the favourite son contest", which Maggie is entering Robert in, Arthur moves into Roberts caravan. However, this isnt the joyous experience he was hoping for.

S6E5 - The Lamingtons 1994-03-07

Maggie, without knowing it, promises to make 216 lamingtons for various groups at a cake stall, and at the same time must present herself on a jury. Will she succeed in all this, which must be done in one day? Or will Arthur be forced to help?

S6E6 - The Promise 1994-03-14

Arthur pleads with Maggie to start helping around the house cleaning when he goes to work, but even more so, he wants her to become independant due to the fact that he might be sick. After Robert tells Maggie Arthur is dying, Maggie starts to believe Arthur will die unless she helps him around the house.

S6E7 - The Ring Cycle 1994-03-21

It seems that Arthur and Deidre may be getting back together, and hopes Maggie will accept it. Arthur tries to ship Maggie off to Robert and Lizs for one night so he and Deidre can sort things out, but this is interrupted when Maggies wedding ring goes missing...