‘The Day We Almost Died’
Season 6, Episode 11 - Aired January 7, 2015
On a drive out for a pancake breakfast, the Dunphy family and Manny have a near death experience, prompting everyone to reevaluate their lives. Claire decides to be less of a stickler, Phil wants to be a man of action, Haley and Alex try to be nicer to each other, Manny is afraid to ride in a car again, and Luke starts checking things off his bucket list.
Quote from Haley
Haley: [picking up her phone] Oh, my gosh. I thought I lost you again.
Alex: Wait, wait, wait. Back up. Again?
Haley: Oh, yeah, when we almost got killed, I thought I lost my phone. It was really scary.
Luke: Mentos-pramp-climb, test number two. Lesson learned when pressure builds to dangerous levels, it must be released.
Haley: Is your lip getting better or your face getting redder?
Quote from Manny
Manny: [aside to camera] I was already on edge. The day before, I was with my mom at the park when some guy on a bike swiped her phone. He must have been a criminal mastermind. He struck the one second she wasn't taking pictures of Joe.
Quote from Jay
Manny: The universe is cold and unfeeling. The only constant is chaos.
Jay: Was that place out of chocolate-chip pancakes again?
Quote from Jay
Manny: We were all almost killed by a truck.
Gloria: Ay! Dios Mio! Are you okay, papi?
Jay: This was all Phil's fault, wasn't it? He's always blaring that damn new wave music!
Quote from Jay
Gloria: He's terrified to be in the back. Now you're gonna put him in the front seat so that he can kill all of us?!
Jay: Can you not make this fear worse? I watched Dede coddle Mitchell when he was afraid of the dark. Till he was seven, he'd only blink one eye at a time. Gave a lot of girls a very wrong idea.
Quote from Jay
Gloria: Oh, no! He got away! But you did very good, Manny.
Manny: That was a frickin' rush! But we're not giving up. We're gonna find that guy.
Jay: No!
[later:]
Manny: Are you sure about this?
Jay: Just go. I'm walking home.
Quote from Phil
Phil: [aside to camera] What's to tell? A truck runs a stop sign, I avoid it, everyone walks away. Bing, bang, no boom.
Quote from Phil
Phil: [aside to camera] Okay, it may have affected me a little, but sometimes it's hard to know what you're feeling. Mostly, I was thinking about racquetball later and hopefully giving Cam a nice spanking.
Quote from Cameron
Cameron: So, we're getting our new dryer delivered. It's supposed to be eggshell, but, oh, it's not eggshell It's white. Anyway, I'm laying into the delivery driver, and Mitchell strolls in and says, "oh, it's fine," and then offers him a piece of his banana loaf.
Phil: I heard that.
Cameron: Uh, just once, I would like Mitchell to take my side. I'm constantly strolling in and saving him like a little princess in the tower. Sometimes I'd like to be the princess.
Phil: Six of one, right?