‘Patriot Games’
Season 6, Episode 22 - Aired May 6, 2015
Alex can't believe it when the school announces that she will be co-Valedictorian with her academic rival Sanjay. As Gloria studies for her upcoming U.S. citizenship test, a visit from Javier has her questioning whether she's giving up her Colombian heritage. Meanwhile, Mitchell and Cameron feel shamed by their gay friends for not being politically active, so they agree to join a protest against a local restaurant without knowing the reason behind the boycott.
Quote from Gloria
Jay: Gloria.
Gloria: [imitating a Texan accent] Howdy, hubby. How about some grub before we turn on the NASCAR?
Jay: I'm not gonna lie. I like where this is going. But, uh, I'm not sure I'm supposed to.
Gloria: Ain't this what you want? The perfect American wife to make your life more convenient?
Jay: Do you think that's an American accent?
Gloria: It's from Texas.
Quote from Lily
Mitchell: So who's this "we" that's picketing?
Longinus: Every week a group of us get together to protest those who have been holding back the gay cause.
Cameron: Why haven't we ever been invited?
Jotham: You're not that political.
Longinus: You know, ever since- [points to Lily]
Lily: He knows I can see, right?
Quote from Longinus
Mitchell: We are very political people.
Cameron: We were just discussing the potato famine of Ireland.
Mitchell: Yes.
Longinus: I haven't had a potato in four years.
Quote from Cameron
Mitchell: Oh, my God. Can you believe that?
Cameron: Yeah, he's a little hippy for somebody that doesn't eat potatoes.
Quote from Alex
Sanjay: What do you mean, co-valedictorians?
Alex: "Co" is the Latin prefix for "together." But really, what do you mean, co-valedictorians?
Principal Brown: I thought there might be some aggressive questions that, uh, made me nervous and so I wrote down my remarks. Uh... "No, I'm not trying to ruin your lives. It's just that your GPAs are tied to the thousandth of a decimal point."
Quote from Gloria
Javier: Manny told me about your plans to abandon your Colombian roots.
Gloria: Really? You're going to lecture me on abandonment? You left to buy some diapers, and I saw you four years later.
Javier: If only you could let that go as easily as your homeland.
Quote from Alex
Cameron: Well, it looks like you both have the same gym grade but I do see here that neither of you have completed this semester's mile run.
Alex: We were at a debate tournament.
Sanjay: Which we won, thanks to me.
Alex: Oh, please. After your long-winded summation on euthanasia people wanted to kill themselves.
Quote from Phil
Phil: This is crazy. Are we all so obsessed with being number one that we can't just celebrate this moment?
Claire: Yeah, I mean, it's the end of their senior year. They're both into great colleges. They should be off celebrating, playing hooky going up to the lake house to go skinny-dipping with their friend's older brother who's home from college.
Phil: Let's- Let's keep this general, Claire.
Quote from Phil
Vish: Every parent wants to believe that their child can compete with Sanjay.
Claire: But Alex can compete with Sanjay. That's why we're here.
Nina: Sanjay was forming full sentences at 13 months.
Claire: Alex had a poem published in Highlights magazine when she was five years old.
Phil: It was called "Mr. Lamb Buys a Ham" but really it was about the Holocaust.
Vish: When he was 16, Sanjay was the highest-ranked chess player in the state.
Phil: When Alex was 15, she discovered a mistake in our taxes. We owed a lot more money than I realized.
Quote from Cameron
Claire: Let's settle this out on the track.
Principal Brown: All right. Coach Tucker, I'm assuming we can count on you to officiate.
Cameron: Well, now, normally I don't like to be the center of attention.
Principal Brown: That's fine. I'll get someone else.
Cameron: I said I would do it.