
‘Candy Zombies’
Season 2, Episode 6 - Aired October 26, 2022
The teachers of Abbott Elementary have their work cut out for them after a kid dressed as Baby Thanos shares Halloween candy during the school day. Meanwhile, Janine realizes she doesn't have a social life after her break-up with Tariq.
Quote from Jacob
Melissa: What are you doing? Let me show you how it's done.
Jacob: Truth zone? I'm feeling a little conflicted about the constitutionality of stop and frisk, okay?
Melissa: All right. Let's remove your hat, bear. [candy spills out]
Jacob: I feel like Eric Adams.
Quote from Melissa
Barbara: Now to put this candy contraband someplace safe.
Melissa: Oh, I have a human-sized sa... Uh, a, uh... A safe that's bigger than a breadbox in one of my closets.
Ava: Wait. How big is it? I've been looking for a safe place to keep my other safes.
Quote from Gregory
Janine: Guess she has a thing for Kevin Hart in Soul Plane. [laughs]
Gregory: One, he did not play a pilot in that. Two, we, as a society, do not talk about Sully Sullenberger enough.
Janine: I'd say he's had his time.
Gregory: He landed an Airbus of people safely on a river!
Janine: Okay, I'm just saying that, as a pilot, like, half his job is landing, so he kind of was just doing his job.
Gregory: Wow.
Janine: Shouldn't have had a movie before Harriet Tubman.
Gregory: Tom Hanks can't play her. And I don't know why that's Mr. Sullenberger's problem. I will not rest until the world gives that man the respect that he deserves! [both laugh]
Quote from Jacob
Barbara: And that door leads to the basement.
Jacob: The ghost janitor. [thunder crashes] Mr. Johnson said there's a ghost janitor that lives down there. A-And obviously I don't believe that. You know, because I am a grown-up person.
Gregory: So, you'll go look for Baby Thanos in the basement?
Jacob: Yeah, I will accompany you, Gregory, if you're scared.
Barbara: Search the basement. We will search the hall. Throw us a bone, please. Amen.
Jacob: You wanna... You wanna go first? 'Cause I-I don't have a preference, really. I...
Quote from Barbara
Melissa: I've started over tons of times.
Janine: Yeah?
Melissa: Yeah. Let me tell you something, it sucks.
Janine: Great.
Melissa: No, it's scary at first, but you do it. You know why?
Barbara: Absolutely, Melissa.
Melissa: I didn't make my point yet.
Barbara: I fully wasn't listening.
Quote from Janine
Melissa: Okay, point is that it is way scarier to not put yourself out there. You don't wanna be the lonely old lady sitting at home on Halloween hoping no one eggs your house, right?
Janine: [scoffs] Oh, yeah, no, of course not. Yeah. Not me.
[aside to camera:]
Janine: I think I've been avoiding making new friends because the unknown, it's scary. But it is Halloween, the time to face your fears... Ghosts, ghouls, and new friends.
Quote from Barbara
Ava: Did you guys find Baby Thanos?
Melissa: No, we came to see if maybe he scurried back in here.
Barbara: That child is slipperier than a buttered otter.
Quote from Mr. Johnson
Chad: [as Mr. Johnson] Excuse me? Adults?
Janine: Chad! You found Baby Thanos?
Melissa: Where? How?
Chad: Just followed the trash.
[aside to camera:]
Mr. Johnson: I'll see you in court, you little [bleep].
Quote from Ava
Ava: Happy Halloween, y'all! Reap the whirlwind of Storm! [thunder rumbles]
Quote from Barbara
Barbara: [dressed as a bumblebee] Look at all these bee-autiful costumes. Hey, baby!