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Pig Moon Rising

‘Pig Moon Rising’

Season 8, Episode 17 -  Aired March 15, 2017

The extended family gets caught in a web of lies after Mitchell accidentally knocks over an urn filled with the ashes of Cameron's beloved pet pig, Lily. Meanwhile, Luke waits for the news of whether he's been admitted to Phil's alma mata, while Gloria is starting to get upset at the prospect of Manny leaving for college.

Quote from Phil

Phil: Hey, buddy.
Luke: Nothing! [closes laptop] Sorry. Habit. I'm not actually doing anything wrong. Just checking to see if I got into A.S.U.
Phil: Without us?! Guys, get in here! It's happening!
[aside to camera:]
Claire: [aside to camera] Phil saw videos online of families celebrating the moment their kid got into college.
Phil: For pure drama, you can't beat that thing when an entire family's nervous anticipation turns into an explosion of utter joy.

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Quote from Jay

Gloria: Okay, give it back to me.
Jay: No need. I got 'em.
Gloria: Oh, really? And you paid?
Jay: Yeah, you got your browser filling out your credit card info. It's not super secure, but, whoever steals them will probably spend less than you.

Quote from Manny

Gloria: And tonight we're going to celebrate. We're going to a concert. I got the tickets online.
Jay: Easier than buying them at the venue, I guess. What is the venue, uh, by the way?
Gloria: You can't buy them at the door. It's a private concert. It's just for the fan club. I remember our first Gloria Estefan concert. You were so little, sitting on my shoulders, holding the lighter.
Manny: I'm gonna leave.
Gloria: Yes, before I know it.
Manny: No, right now. I obviously need something to wear tonight.

Quote from Mitchell

Cameron: Hello, Mitchell.
Mitchell: Oh, God! [gasps, coughs]
Cameron: Is everything okay? You're looking a little ashen.
Mitchell: I'm fine. I-I... I accidentally spilled pig Lily's ashes, and I... I thought that I would...
Cameron: You would just replace them with Morris Pasternak's?
Mitchell: How'd you know?
Cameron: His class ring is by your foot.
Mitchell: Oh, yeah.
Cameron: That pig was my best friend.
Mitchell: Didn't you eat her mother?

Quote from Cameron

Lily: Dad, I was thinking about the Pig Moon funeral tonight and how important Lily was to you.
Cameron: Aww, that is so sweet. You definitely inherited her compassion.
Lily: Remember that finger painting that I made of her, the one that you said that was museum quality? Can we bury it with her?
Cameron: I know exactly where it is.
[aside to camera:]
Cameron: I know exactly where it was.

Quote from Phil

Phil: It's an e-mail for Luke from my alma mater. Let's get him!
Claire: Oh, no, no! No, what if it's more bad news? Maybe you should read it first.
Phil: Claire, I am as anxious as you are to find out if he's gonna be a Bulldog like his old man, but we can't violate his trust. Sure, we could mark it as unread to cover our tracks, but we'd know...
Claire: He didn't get in.
Phil: What?! He's a legacy! Bulldog drool courses through his jowls!

Quote from Jay

Diego: [on the radio] You're on Caliente with Diego and The Donkey.
Jay: Hello! Yes! I'm calling about the Gloria Estefan tickets.
Diego: And they're all yours if you can complete this lyric... "Turn the blank around." One of her biggest hits from the '90s. We've been playing it all morning.
Jay: "Turn the car around."
Diego: Nope. Two more guesses.
Jay: "Turn the boat around."
Diego: [imitates buzzer] Try again.
Jay: "Turn the economy around"!
Diego: [trombone plays] You're an ass.
Jay: [donkey brays] Damn it!

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: [aside to camera] I just had to re-create Lily's painting of Pig Lily, and she'd be none the wiser.
[flashback:] Cameron: Oh, it's like painting with sausages.

Quote from Jay

Jay: [on the phone] Sorry, Cam, no pig painting by Lily here. I do have some random scribbles that Luke made when he was... Huh, that's a little later than I'd hoped.
Cameron: Fine. Not a word of this to Mitchell. I'm sure you're curious why.
Jay: Wrong again.

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: Ooh! A scrapbook! Aww, look at this. All of our old school projects or paintings by me and Claire. Aww! You're just a big softie, aren't 'cha?
Jay: My lawyer's secretary put that together for my image at the divorce trial.
Mitchell: There's the old bear. Grr!

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