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Spring-A-Ding-Fling

‘Spring-A-Ding-Fling’

Season 5, Episode 16 -  Aired March 5, 2014

Cameron is looking forward to the school's big spring dance, until a popular teacher returns from a sabbatical. Phil is hoping to impress Haley when she accompanies him to a realtor's banquet. Mitchell starts a new job and can't seem to get a good handle on his new boss's personality. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria think Lily is lying to them about Joe's involvement in an accident involving Gloria's phone.

Quote from Cameron

Senor Kaplan: And this is for, um...
Cameron: It's Marcia.
Senor Kaplan: Marcia! Right, of course. I knew that. I must have been having a "Senor" moment.
Cameron: Somebody's always on.

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Quote from Jay

Jay: I remember my buddies and I were playing rock war once. That's a game where you chuck rocks at each other's heads. What could go wrong, right? I put one through the window of my old man's Rambler, and he thought my baby brother did it. I couldn't take it, and I told him I did it. It felt so good to confess, and my old man was so proud of me, I didn't even get in any trouble. Y-you know?
Lily: Joe did it.
Jay: She's good.

Quote from Alex

Alex: "The house will be empty"? You are pimping me out!
Claire: It is clear that the two of you like one another. Sometimes, you need a little nudge.
Alex: Well, you're a chaperone! Just disappear! This dance is not for you!

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: This guy waltzes in here like he's king of the dance after doing god knows what in Sri Lanka, building schools in underdeveloped areas. What does that even mean?
Claire: Is it possible that you're being a little hard on the man?
Cameron: I turned his two-bit dance into the event of the year. Look. Burnouts and dweebs hanging out together in harmony. That is me.

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: [aside to camera] That pathetic peacock of a man was not going down without a fight. I had a choice to make -- be the better dancer or the bigger man. So, I stepped off the dance floor and made the obvious call. You want to win over a crowd? Invite a lonely mom to dance. She never saw it coming, and neither did he. Hey Senor. You just got out-coached.

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: [aside to camera] I try and look on the bright side of things. I'm a doggy-bath-is-half-full kind of guy. But it was time for me to open my eyes. I was working for a monster. I came to this job to be the voice of the downtrodden. Turns out those downtrodden were my co-workers, and they were desperate for a hero to slay their dragon.

Quote from Mitchell

Wendy: Hey, has anybody seen my dog? Pixie! Oh, there she is.
Mitchell: Okay, Wendy, I'm sorry. I-I have something to say to you, something that everybody else here is afraid to say. Now, I know you're fighting the good fight, but that is no excuse for the way you treat people. T- That actually might be one of the reasons that you have no personal life because who wants to come home to a-a cold, emotionless thug?
Wendy: W-what are you talking about?
Mitchell: I am an experienced, respected attorney, and on my first day, you asked me to bathe Rex.
Rex: I'm not comfortable with that.
Mitchell: And I'm not comfortable with that, but I did it.
Wendy: Okay, that's Pixie. This is Rex, the intern I asked you to groom.
Mitchell: And that is my mistake, and I own that. But that is still no excuse for the way that you tore into him for the outfit he wore yesterday.
Wendy: I was talking about the outfit he picked out for me. Apparently, I have the one gay intern in the world with absolutely no fashion sense.
Mitchell: I was unaware of- of this dynamic.

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: But I-I-I'm not alone here, all right? There are people in this room who feel that you are- How did we say it? You are a tyrant with no regard for human life.
Elliot: That sounds like my summation for the slum-lord case.
Wendy: Oh, hey, you finished it?
Helen: It's wonderful. But he's nervous to show you.
Wendy: Why are you so hard on yourself?
Mitchell: Okay, but w-w-what- What about you making us work on Sundays? That-
Dan: The night of my barbecue?
Wendy: Dan? What are you still doing here? It's your anniversary! Go home!
Mitchell: Oh, God. This isn't happening. No, no. She's- She's crazy. I mean, I saw her attack the vending machine.
Helen: That's the only way it works since Dennis broke it.
Mitchell: Dennis is the guy whose office I took?
Elliot: Yeah, he was the machine's best customer until he started running. One day, he said he's got to get out or-
Mitchell: He would die. Okay. Okay. Wendy, um I-I might owe you a little bit of an apology, so I'm sorry. Um, clearly, everybody here loves you, and I-I was wrong about everything. So I'm sorry.

Quote from Phil

Phil: Um, are you sure you know what you're doing, Tad? I know you're the Mortgage Doctor, but-
Ted: Someone said, "Is there a doctor in the house?" Was I supposed to not get up?

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