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Baby Steps

‘Baby Steps’

Season 11, Episode 15 -  Aired March 18, 2020

Claire has landed an interview for her dream job and is thwarted on her way to the interview by Phil’s tricky staircase. Meanwhile, Cam and Mitch debate the pros and cons of adopting another baby after unexpectedly receiving a call from their adoption agency.

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: Okay, we already have too much on our plate. We're not buying this house!
Gloria: Oh, and in the basement, they have a karaoke room for people that want to impersonate divas without their fathers seeing them.
Mitchell: Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to look.

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Quote from Jay

Jay: My cheek is itching! Is there something on my face?
Phil: Admiral Ackbar, what the hell happened to you?
Jay: I'll bet it was your stupid mushrooms! Why do I try new things?

Quote from Claire

Claire: Listen, I wanted you to think that I was a person who had it all together, but I'm not. The reality is I live in chaos! But that's why I love your products. When... When my kids are fighting or... or the grandkids are crying or my husband is making pancakes on a pogo stick, I know that I can go into my office and file bills in a color-coded divider and experience one moment of peace. [sighs] I know I'm what your company needs, because I know how much I need your company.

Quote from Gloria

Gloria: And finally, back to the beautiful family room.
Cameron: It's great.
Mitchell: I mean, it is beautiful.
Gloria: I can see you both having a delightful misunderstanding here.

Quote from Mitchell

Gloria: Oh. Another broker just sent me a text. An offer is coming at six o'clock.
Mitchell: Great. Another ticking clock. Let's also disarm a time bomb while buying Beyoncé tickets online with an expired credit card.

Quote from Gloria

Cameron: Okay, that one got to me. I'm having hard time breathing. I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack!
Gloria: And this big family room with the cozy fireplace is the perfect place to have that.

Quote from Mitchell

Cameron: Is that the adoption agency?
Mitchell: Yep. Um... I'll... I'll tell them. [answers phone] Hello. Uh, yes, my husband and I would love to adopt him.
Cameron: [to Gloria] Let's write up an offer.

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: He taught me to love him And promised to love And cherish me over all others above [shouts] Come on, sing it with me, Tucson! [knock on door] My poor heart is wonderin', no misery can tell...
Delivery Boy: Hey, Mitchell. I have a dozen wings for Reba.
Mitchell: Yeah, okay. Thank you so much, Cory. We'll see you next time.
Cameron: Tony, I'm getting a little feedback in my ear here. Tony Hammond, ladies and gentlemen!

Quote from Claire

Ms. Beckman: [sneezes] I... I wasn't mocking you. It's just that whenever I hear someone sneeze, I have to sneeze, too, so that it's an even number. It's... it's perfectly normal.
Claire: Oh, no, I completely understand. A few years ago, I forgot to tap the towel rod twice when I got out of the shower, and we lost George Michael that day, so...
Phil: [whispering] That was you?

Quote from Jay

Claire: I'm sorry, Ms. Beckman. This was a terrible idea. I... Okay. I fell through a step, and my leg is stuck. And listen, there's no company I would rather work for. I didn't want to cancel on you, so I asked my family to make it look like this was my office.
Jay: Jay Pritchett, closeteer, but you probably know that. Achoo!
Ms. Beckman: Achoo! All right, could you just please get him out of my ear shot?

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