Quote from Francis in Reese's Apartment
Hal: [answers phone] Hello? Francis: Hello. Is this the residence of the most un-nurturing, callous parents in the universe? Hal: It's for you. [hands phone to Lois] Lois: Hello. Francis: Hi. I just got off the phone with your son, Reese. It's been over a week, and you haven't even talked to him? Congratulations! The fracturing of this family is now two-fifths complete. Lois: Francis, this is a very hard and complicated situation, and I don't need you to yell at me right now. Francis: There is nothing complicated about it. Just go to his apartment, tell him you love him and ask him to come home. Lois: Are you nuts? This is Reese we're talking about. Francis: So what? Lois: Come on! You know exactly how he thinks. If we show that kind of weakness, it's like showing a hyena the belly of an antelope. Reese will come home with no limits and no boundaries. Within five years, we will be saying our last words to him over a police bullhorn. Francis: All I know is that you have a child that needs you. Dewey: [on the phone] No, he doesn't! He's happy where he is, and so are we! Lois: Dewey, get off the phone. Francis: Mom, I understand what you're worried about, but there is more to Reese than you give him credit for. Lois: I wish I could believe that. Honey, I got to go. There's another call.