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Earthquake

‘Earthquake’

Season 2, Episode 3 -  Aired October 6, 2010

When an earthquake hits, Claire gets stuck in the bathroom with a plumber, while Phil works to secure a cabinet he said he'd already fixed to the wall. Mitchell and Cameron use the quake as an excuse to get out of brunch with their friend Pepper, Meanwhile, Manny has some theological questions for Jay when they golf instead of attending church.

Quote from Jay

Manny: I'm thinking about this heaven of yours that's full of bad people.
Jay: Not full. The tiniest fraction. They're walled in.
Manny: What if they break out?
Jay: They're surrounded by a lake of fire.
Manny: There are fiery lakes in heaven? This is turning into hell.
Jay: Tell me about it.

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Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: Well, we wouldn't have to break anything if you were a better liar.
Cameron: If you're trying to make me feel bad about not being as good a liar as you- What are you doing?
Mitchell: A hat rack fell through the window. Remember? One, two, three-
Cameron: Mitchell, wait. L-I I can't do this. I quit. You might be comfortable with all this lying, but I'm not.
Mitchell: Oh, please. Where was all this conscience when I got us into the first-class lounge at the airport and you chewed Angela Lansbury's ear off? You know what you are? You're like a mob wife. You look down at me and my ways but you're happy to wear the mink coat that fell off the back of the truck.
Cameron: How dare you.

Quote from Pepper

Pepper: [gasps]
Mitchell: I know. I know. It really hit us bad.
Pepper: No. I'm just always surprised how small this place is.
Cameron: Pepper, you didn't have to leave your party to come check on us. Great costume, by the way.
Pepper: This isn't my costume. I just threw this on to help you clean up.

Quote from Pepper

Cameron: Well, about your party-
Pepper: Oh, don't worry about canceling. At least you have an excuse, unlike Steven and Stefan. They said they had the flu. Meantime, I just saw them out riding their bicycle.
Mitchell: Oh, Pepper, that is horrible. I-I'm gonna make you a cocktail.
Pepper: Oh, honey, don't go to any trouble. I'll just have a Kir Royale.

Quote from Manny

Jay: Calm down. Instead of thinking all morning about what heaven's gonna look like what it's not gonna look like, who's where if there, even is a heaven, why don't we just concentrate on this beautiful, carefree day that's in front of us?
Manny: I'd rather concentrate on something you just said. There might not even be a heaven?
Jay: I don't know.
Manny: You seemed pretty sure of yourself this morning. So what happens after you die? There's just nothing?
Jay: Look. You're focusing too much on one little thing that I said. It was just a hunch, okay?
Manny: A hunch? I'm skipping church based on a hunch? [wheezes]
Jay: All right, all right. Don't freak out on me, kid.
Manny: You're playing pretty fast and loose with my soul.
Jay: Listen. I want you to forget everything that I said, okay?
Manny: Some things can't be forgotten, Jay. Do you know what menstruation is? Because I do.

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: Okay, um, Pepper, this is a little embarrassing.
Pepper: I don't even want to hear it.
Mitchell: Cameron still has feelings for you.
Pepper: Go on.
Mitchell: Yeah, and it's just it's very hard for him to be around you especially at your magical brunches where you're just you're you're so magnetic. And then I see the way that he looks at you, and- Damn it, Pep- It just makes me so mad that I could just- [smashes Cameron's frog figure]
Pepper: Oh!
Cameron: Really?
Mitchell: Oh, you don't know the pain, Cam.

Quote from Manny

Manny: Well, if heaven's in the sky, what do you walk on?
Gloria: Now, Manny, don't be ridiculous.
Manny: The clouds. That makes no sense. Clouds are air. You'd fall right through them.
Gloria: The clouds in heaven they're like trampolines.
Manny: I don't like trampolines. They make me seasick.
Gloria: Manny, stop worrying. Heaven is a beautiful place with sunshine and rainbows and butterflies.
Manny: Butterflies?
Gloria: Ay. No, no, no, no, no.
Manny: Ah!
Gloria: I didn't say butterflies. Manny, there's no butterflies!

Quote from Alex

Claire: Sweetheart, listen to me. This is the S.A.T.'s, okay? It is not some stupid science quiz.
Alex: Hey, if science quizzes are so stupid why do you put mine up on the refrigerator?
Haley: Because we feel sorry for you, 'cause books are your friends.
Alex: Yeah, she wasn't studying last night she was video chatting the whole time.
Claire: I knew it. I knew it.

Quote from Phil

Claire: Girls, take it down a notch, because I-
Phil: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's the hot topic on The View today, ladies?
Haley: Dad, can you just please tell Mom that I can take a two-hour break and go to a party?
Phil: No, ma'am. I'm not stepping into that one. We're not playing good cop/Mom.

Quote from Phil

Phil: Really, Claire? Didn't I tell you I'd fix the tub?
Claire: Yes, you did. I think I was pregnant with Luke at the time.
Phil: That is not fair. I've done everything you've asked me to do around here. I fixed the step, didn't I? Look how solid it is. I'm like Shirley Temple and that black guy.
Plumber: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Phil: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson! I said it first.

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