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Putting Down Roots

‘Putting Down Roots’

Season 10, Episode 9 -  Aired December 5, 2018

When Dede's widow, Jerry, comes to town with her possessions, Claire and Mitchell aren't sure what to make of what their mother left them. Meanwhile, Gloria feels sorry for Jerry and invites him to stay with her and Jay.

Quote from Jay

Jay: [to the tree] Hey, Dede, it's me, Jay. Just wondering how you're doing.
Mitchell: Dad?
Jay: Uh, it's Saturday here.
Jerry: You're not leaving a voicemail. From the heart.
Jay: Yeah. What I wanted to say is I could've handled a lot of things better in our relationship. Mm. I guess I wasn't a very good partner. I dug in a lot. I never thought of things from your point of view. I guess I always needed to get my own way. Anyway, you were a good woman, and we had some fun times, especially in the sack. Never had a problem there.
Jerry: Careful. That's my wife you're talking to.
Jay: Oh, sorry, Jerr, yeah. Okay. I hope you grow up into a nice, big tree, a-and I hope you don't get any of those beetles that are killing everything. And when you settle in in a little while, maybe I'll bring Joe over and he can climb you. Amen.

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Quote from Cameron

Cal: [chewing gum, mumbling indistinctly]
Cameron: What? What is it, boy?
Cal: [mumbling indistinctly]
Cameron: Mitchell? H-He's in trouble? Trapped in a hole? Show me.

Quote from Jay

Jerry: Jay, this is for you.
Jay: Oh, God. Is that her?
Jerry: No, no, no. Apparently this is a jar of sand from your honeymoon in Miami Beach.
Jay: Oh, yeah. We stayed at the Fontainebleau. Guess who we took an elevator with? Jackie Gleason. I told him we were the honeymooners, and, as a joke, he threatened to punch Dede to the moon. [laughs]
Claire: Why is that funny?
Jay: Well, that's my point. It wasn't right.

Quote from Mitchell

Jerry: Claire, your mom wanted you to have her old sports car.
Claire: Oh, great.
Jerry: And Mitchell, you get to keep her jewelry.
Mitchell: Oh, so Claire gets a car, and I get a, uh, box of turquoise.
Claire: Want to trade?
Mitchell: No. No, it's fine. I have a preteen girl at home, and she likes to play dress-up. And, you know, Lily might like it, too.

Quote from Claire

Jerry: Mitchell and Claire, Dede wanted you two to decide who gets to keep her. Sorry, Jay. She left you out of this one.
Jay: No worries, Jerr. I'm good with the sand.
Claire: Hang on. Uh, what do you mean, "gets to keep her"?
Jerry: That's Dede. We had her ashes organically fused with the root ball.
Mitchell: That is so Mom.
Claire: I know. Setting up one last thing for us to fight over, because neither of us want that tree.
Mitchell: Because both of us want the tree. What?
Claire: That was easy.

Quote from Luke

Alex: Look. Nana left us her old toy box from her house.
Haley: Aww, bless her hoarding heart.
Luke: Remember how I used to hide in here and pop out like a scary monster? I had so much promise back then.

Quote from Alex

Luke: Oh. Lookie here, Alex. The source of your greatest shame: the puzzle that I solved but you never did.
Alex: [chuckles] Who cares? We were just dumb kids.
Haley: Uh, no. We were dumb kids, and you were the genius. That must eat away at you.
Alex: [scoffs] Please. I'm top of my class at a prestigious university, and I co-invented a technology that has applications to astrophysics and medicine. And give me that damn puzzle!

Quote from Claire

Phil: Come on, honey. Let's keep it.
Claire: It reminds me of how crazy my mom could be. I mean, what mother has a car like this?
Phil: How's this? We take it for one drive. If you're not smiling by the time we come back, we get rid of it.
Claire: One drive?
Phil: One drive.
Claire: One drive.
Phil: One drive.
Claire: Ugh, she used to double-buckle me and Mitchell into the front seat. Between that and the homemade electric blankets, it's a wonder we're still alive.

Quote from Jay

Jay: What's with the plumber? Did Joe flush his Aquaman down the toilet again?
Gloria: No. When my cousins left, they said that the hot water in the guest bedroom was not working. The plumber just said that there's nothing wrong. Someone turned it off.
Jay: Probably Joe. So, what are we thinking? No play dates for a week?
Gloria: I know it was you. You wanted them gone, and you froze them out.
Jay: I'm admitting nothing, but you said one cousin would be here for one day, and there were three here for a week.
Gloria: I never said that.

Quote from Jay

Jay: Why is Jerry still here?
Gloria: I know. Something must be wrong. He's sitting in the car like a sad little man. We have to go and invite him in.
Jay: No, no, no, no. He'll move off eventually. Glor... Street sweeping is Thursday.

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