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Jill's Surprise Party

‘Jill's Surprise Party’

Season 5, Episode 4 -  Aired October 17, 1995

Tim and the boys throw a surprise party for Jill two weeks before her thirty-ninth birthday.

Quote from Jill

Jill: Well, Henry, the movers will be here any minute.
Henry: I'm moving?
Jill: No. You're gonna give back my old piano, and I'm gonna take it to Detroit.
Henry: Right.
Jill: Right. So, Henry, where is the piano?
Henry: Oh, it's over here.
[Henry walks over to a piano which has been outfitted with a fish tank and a model train track]
Jill: This is my piano?
Henry: Yeah.
Jill: I don't believe it.
Henry: Thanks. Wait till you see this. [train whistle blows]

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Quote from Jill

Tim: Hey, I've been waiting for you. What are you doing?
Jill: Watching my dreams float away into the far reaches of nothingness.
Tim: I can't see them. You can do that inside, can't ya?
Jill: Tim. It was such a depressing day. My cousin ruined my piano.
Tim: I'll get you another piano. Let's talk about it inside.
Jill: I don't want to talk about it. I think I just want to be alone. [walks inside]
All: Surprise!

Quote from Tim

Tim: I'm sorry about that piano thing.
Jill: Oh, it was crazy for me to go chasing after that anyway.
Tim: No, it wasn't.
Jill: Yes, it was. I was just trying to go back into my past and find something I lost.
Tim: Well, we can do it another time. I'll go with you. We'll make a weekend out of it.

Quote from Tim

Jill: [doorbell rings] Who is that at this time of the night?
Tim: It's probably Al looking for leftovers.
[Tim walks to the door and checks the peephole twice]
Julie Zwickie: I'm sorry I'm late, but those directions you gave me were terrible!
Jill: Julie Zwickie?
Julie Zwickie: Happy birthday!
Jill: Oh, thank you so much!
[As Julie hugs Jill, she gives Tim an angry look and mutters under her breath. Tim mimes choking someone until their eyes bug out, until Julie turns around]

Quote from Tim

Randy: All right, Mom. What's the one thing you want most in the whole world?
Jill: Never to see Julie Zwickie again.
Tim: Got that. We got something real special for you.
Brad: Yeah, you can go ahead and take off the bandana.
Jill: OK. A piano! Oh, my gosh! It looks just like the one I had when I was a kid!
Tim: It is the one you had as a kid.
Jill: No! You couldn't have! How could you do this? It was a mess.
Tim: Well, not as big a mess as... [country voice] your cousin Henry.

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