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The Last Walt

‘The Last Walt’

Season 3, Episode 20 -  Aired April 18, 2012

Claire tries to help Luke cope with the passing of his friend Walt, whose death prompts Phil to try create a special memory with Alex. When Merle Tucker, Cam's father, comes to town, Mitchell and Cameron try to ease the tension between their fathers. Meanwhile, Haley throws a party at Jay and Gloria's house.

Quote from Phil

Phil: No, it's just sad. That's half of what would keep me going in my old age, remembering all the good times with the kids. Teaching Luke to ride his bike, Haley at the father-daughter dance, taking Alex for her first pony ride.
Claire: You never took Alex on a pony ride.
Phil: Oh, right. That was just me.

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Quote from Phil

Claire: Phil, look. It's Luke. He's going into Walt's house.
Phil: Oh, he's saying good-bye. He just needed a little time.
Claire: It's so sweet and so sad. Wow. He's so much more sensitive than I ever thought. They had a special bond. I wouldn't be surprised if one day he wrote a book like "Tuesdays with Morrie."
Phil: I never read it. Did that guy steal Morrie's TV?

Quote from Phil

Phil: Now setting a course for adventure! Beep. Boop. Beep. Bop. Boop. Boop. Boop.
[aside to camera:]
Phil: I've had great experiences with all my kids, but I- I might have fallen behind a bit with Alex. My fault completely.
[back:]
Alex: Adventure? We are throwing dog tags into an already polluted ocean where they will probably choke an otter.
[aside to camera:]
Phil: Eighty percent my fault.

Quote from Luke

Claire: No. No. You know, this is not okay. It's going back.
Luke: What? He said I could pick one thing.
Claire: This isn't picking. It's looting, and it's going back.
Luke: You are so mean. When Walt used to look through those binoculars and say, "Your dad's one lucky man," he was wrong.

Quote from Manny

Manny: I believe I was clear the bedrooms were off-limits. Young lady, I don't think you're ready up here for what you're planning to do up there.

Quote from Gloria

Merle Tucker: Kids love to destroy things.
Gloria: Not Manny. He's always been a little bit too serious. I would make the buildings, and he would inspect them. And if they weren't up to code, ay, ay, ay, the paperwork.

Quote from Jay

Merle Tucker: I remember Cam, one time, rolled a tractor tire right through a chicken coop. He was 3 at the time.
Jay: Huh. Yeah, I remember Mitchell, one time, karate-chopped a plate glass window. Got 17 stitches.
Gloria: Ah, yes. I love that story. Which one of the Charlie's Angels he was being again?
Jay: That's not important.

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: Oh, that's so funny. Wh- What did your dad not like about my dad?
Cameron: Oh, well, you know Jay. He's a Teddy bear, but sometimes he can kinda come off as a tough guy.
Mitchell: Yeah, that's true.
Cameron: As an actual tough guy, you can kinda see how that would rub my dad the wrong way.
Mitchell: Oh, it's- I- I could see that, but, you know, my dad's actually pretty tough himself, so...
Cameron: Oh, yeah, city tough. You know, not farm tough.
Mitchell: Uh-huh. You mean cities, where there are gangs, as to opposed to farms, where there are ducks?

Quote from Phil

Alex: Dad, why are you acting like this? Is this about Walt dying?
Phil: No. It's about what he didn't do when he was alive, have a special bond with his daughter. I don't want to be that kind of dad. I want to be Eugene Cernan.
Alex: Who's Eugene Cernan?
Phil: Apollo 17 astronaut, last man on the moon, coolest dad of all time. When he was leaving the moon, he reached down and wrote his daughter's initials into the lunar surface. Since there's no atmosphere-
Alex: There'll be there forever. Wow. So every time she looks in the sky, she knows there's a message just for her.
Phil: Exactly. That's why dads everywhere hate Eugene Cernan.

Quote from Phil

Claire: How weird was that?
Phil: I know. Crazy weird.
Claire: It's like he had no feelings at all.
Phil: I'm more worried about the one you showed. What's with all the smiling?
Claire: What are you talking about?
Phil: That grin. "Walt's dead." You looked like the joker.
Claire: I didn't smile.
Phil: You did. It's like a weird coping mechanism. You did the same thing when you told him his hamster died.

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