Janine: What happened to your walls?
Gregory: Oh, I took all the old teacher's stuff down. It just didn't feel like me, you know?
Janine: I know that if this feels like you, you might be a serial killer.
Gregory: I think it looks good. It's clean. I like clean.
Janine: Yeah, no, clean is good. It's just, you know, the walls are the soul of the classroom. You gotta put something up there. You know?
Gregory: Yeah. Okay. I'll, um... I'll think about that. Okay.
Janine: Yeah. Remember the walls. Let them speak from you to your kids. What kind of teacher are you? Who is Gregory?
[aside to camera:]
Gregory: Gregory is a Baltimore Ravens fan, a Grape Nuts fan - although, they can get a bit sugary - and a temporary teacher.

Janine: I think some of the kids who aren't in the gifted program are feeling left out.
Gregory: Agreed. And they took all the talking kids, so now I have to talk.

Janine: What do you normally do after school, anyway?
Gregory: Work out, watch Jeopardy!
Janine: Work out and watch Jeopardy!?
Gregory: Yeah, at the same time. It stimulates the body and the mind.
Janine: That's cool.

[When Gregory walks into the teachers' lounge, he has a soil stain on his shirt up near his shoulder]
Barbara: Oh, got a little schmutz there.
Gregory: Oh, a, uh... a kid sneezed on me.

Gregory: Okay, eyes up here. Farmer Hank has five turkeys. Then he buys four more. How many turkeys does Farmer Hank have?
Boy: Are any turkeys pregnant?
Gregory: Guys, let's focus, okay? Uh, you know what? We're gonna do more math drills. [students groan]
[aside to camera:]
Gregory: Statewide assessments are coming up. It's a necessary evil. They say not to teach to the test, but if that were the case, they wouldn't give tests, would they?

Melissa: Is that Gregory?
Jacob: Did he look, like, disheveled?
[aside to camera:]
Gregory: Normally, I do these standing up, but I realized something... Nothing matters. Okay? Why try? I mean, I tried for the principal job, and for what? You know, what was the point? I mean, what's the point of anything, really? Oh, yeah, I loosened my tie, yeah. I mean, why even sit up straight, you know? I like this. It feels better. [grunts] Why do people sit like that?

Janine: The kids just love Ms. Davis' class, so it takes a while to get them back, and then everything runs a little late. You know, normally, I'd be bothered by my kids being obsessed with another teacher, but I get it.
Jacob: My class? Also Davis devotees.
Janine: Mm.
Jacob: Only way she could be cooler is if she were related to Angela. [Barbara looks up in confusion] Not that I think all black people are related.
Gregory: Well, maybe you do. Maybe that was your subconscious speaking. What would Angela Davis think?

Janine: Is Kenny okay?
Gregory: Yeah, he's... just a little nervous about going into second grade.
Janine: Oh, I get it. New experiences can be tough.
Gregory: Which I get. I remember the first time I had clam chowder. 'Cause it was yesterday, and it was awful.

Janine: [screams] Random man! Child pants! Security!
Gregory: Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no! I'm... I'm Gregory, the, uh... the sub for Ms. Schwartz.
Janine: Okay. Oh.
Gregory: Yeah.
Janine: But that's still not explaining the pants. Security!
Gregory: Hold on. Hold on. Wait, wait, wait. Okay, one of my kids had to go to the bathroom, so I brought him, but then he accidentally went on himself.
Janine: Oh! Okay.
Gregory: And I tried to flush the toilet, and the water shot back up in the air. And then I'm...
Janine: Oh, God. No one told you about Reversy Toilet then? Okay.
Gregory: No. Why is that even a thing?

Gregory: I decorated my room. You wanna come see?
Janine: Oh. Yes. Excuse me. I love a reveal. [chuckles] Let me see this.
Gregory: [off Janine's look] What? You don't like it?
Janine: No. It's... It's great. It's great. It's just... It feels a little like you went into an office supply store and bought the first five or six posters you saw. [chuckles]
[Gregory kicks the empty plastic bags under his disk]
Gregory: Those are really good stores. I, um... I-I got a whole tub of licorice. Would you like one?
Janine: No. Look, Gregory, this is a classroom, not an office. It's just missing a certain warmth. Those stores are great for, like, ink cartridges or whatever, but I wouldn't rely on them to represent me as a teacher. You know, is this really a reflection of you?
Gregory: Maybe the giraffe.
Janine: Yeah. M-Maybe so.