‘Mother Tucker’
Season 2, Episode 9 - Aired November 24, 2010
When Haley and Dylan break up, Phil is the hardest hit. Meanwhile, Mitchell is very uncomfortable when Cameron's mother, Barb, visits. Meanwhile, Jay freaks out about his health when he and Manny try to diagnose the problem on the Internet.
Quote from Alex
Alex: I'm just saying, she's never gonna get a job. And how do we know the right Middle Eastern businessman wouldn't treat her great?
Claire: I left my shopping list inside. For the record, we thought she could live with you.
Alex: Like I'm gonna tell any of you where I live.
Quote from Dylan
Claire: Come on in. How you doing?
Dylan: Not so good.
Claire: Hmm.
Dylan: I mean, everywhere I look I see her face.
Claire: Hmm.
Dylan: [whimper]
Claire: To be fair, Dylan, that is a family portrait.
Quote from Gloria
Gloria: Manny, let me see that screen. What did I tell you?
Jay: It's not his fault. I asked him to look. I'm starting to think I have a serious problem here.
Gloria: Yes, you do! That computer! You read it there, you think it here, you feel it here. You wanna feel better? There. [closes laptop] You're cured!
Jay: Give me 15 minutes, then tell Florence Nightingale I went to the hospital.
Quote from Gloria
Gloria: That can't be right. You have to check again.
Doctor: The tests are conclusive. Everything will be all right, Mr. Pritchett. Let's go.
Gloria: No, Jay! If that's true, then I'm the worst wife in the whole wide world! I made you suffer for two whole days!
Jay: Honey, it's okay.
Gloria: No, it's not okay! Why? Why do I always almost kill my husbands?
Jay: And I wanna hear this story sometime, but I'm sorta counting down to a rupture here!
Gloria: No! You can't go without forgiving me! What if you die in there? What do I do without you?
Jay: I forgive you! But nobody dies of an appendectomy.
Manny: True. It's usually the anesthesia that gets you. You're over 60, right?
Gloria: I will never forget you, Jay!
Jay: Could you go back to not caring, please?
Quote from Haley
Claire: Come on, Alex. It's time for your cello lesson. How's the tutoring going?
Alex: Are you familiar with the term "throwing good money after bad"?
Haley: Are you familiar with the term "Dunphy, party of one"? Because you will be.
Quote from Cameron
Cameron: [aside to camera] Well, I don't wanna overstate this but my mom is the greatest woman that ever lived.
Mitchell: Cam loves his mom.
Cameron: She raised four kids, two barns and a whole lotta hell.
Mitchell: That sounds like a country song.
Cameron: And that song would be called "The Greatest Woman That Ever Lived."
Mitchell: Cam loves his mom.
Quote from Phil
Alex: So, dumb guys go for dumb girls and smart guys go for dumb girls? What do the smart girls get?
Phil: Cats, mostly.
Quote from Mitchell
Cameron: Mama should be here by now. I wonder what's keeping her?
Mitchell: Cam, that depends. Did she take her jalopy or one of them new fancy flyin' machines?
Cameron: You know, Missouri's more cosmopolitan than you give it credit for. It's got a very vibrant cowboy poetry scene.
Mitchell: Not sure you're making the point that you think.
Quote from Mitchell
Mitchell: Listen, this is this is not in my head, Claire. And it's actually getting worse.
Claire: What does Cam say?
Mitchell: Well, he never seems to notice. And I certainly can't talk to him about it because God forbid I say anything negative about his mom. One time I added salt to her casserole and he went into the garage and punched the car.
Quote from Phil
Phil: I'm gonna miss that bad boy. Might have to get my own ax. Sometimes I come in here and noodle on it. Actually, I've been writing a little song of my own. Might be able to pluck out a few-
Dylan: You know, I keep on hoping that this is just a dream that Haley and I didn't really break up. But it's not a dream. Unless the whole thing was a dream and we never even dated in the first place.
Phil: Weird. This is kinda what my song's about.
Dylan: Yeah, weird.
Phil: Hey. I know this is tough, but you're gonna be fine. You know, I was a lot like you in high school. Except my hair was shorter and my guitar was a flute.