"Mother Knows Worst," Scenes E, H, and J

We go into the bedroom, at "night - a short time later."  They understandably left out Shirley's line, "Carmine would never eat her dress," and then the stage direction "Laverne reacts."

The scene very briefly switches to the living room, with "continuous action," while still staying Scene E.  They left out Lily turning to Shirley and mouthing, "Suck it up?"  But otherwise, there's not much change here from what got filmed.

The next scene is also in the apartment, "later that night."  They left out Lily's interesting description of Shirley's father, "a handsome young dashing and poor Merchant Marine" (emphasis in the original).  Her line asking if she can still "silently wish for the house in the suburbs" was added, and we know that Shirley would continue to wish for that, too, not so silently.

The scene and the act end with the hug, but there's almost a page left in the script:

SHIRLEY

Let's be honest with each other from now on.

LILY

Okay, I honestly don't want to sleep on this couch.

SHIRLEY PUTS HER ARM AROUND LILY AND THEY START FOR THE BEDROOM.

SHIRLEY

Come on, you can sleep in my bed.  I'll sleep on the couch.

LILY

(NERVOUS) Do you think Laverne will hit me in her sleep?

SHIRLEY

She doesn't usually strike out in her sleep.  If she sucks her thumb, yell "bad girl".

Like the rest of the episode, the tag is set in the apartment, but it's now "Sunday morning," meaning this was a very short visit.  Lily and Laverne laughing about the "raccoon thing" was added.  In the script, Lily gets Squiggy's name right, but I like her still calling him "Squiggly" and Shirley kindly correcting her. 

This script isn't drastically different from what aired, not surprising given how close it was to the airdate.  I do wish that some of the background details on Lily and her marriage had gotten in.  Still, there was some meaty material here, and I continue to wish that Pat Carroll had returned in the role.