‘The Old Man & The Tree’
Season 5, Episode 10 - Aired December 11, 2013
Phil spends Christmas Eve on an elliptical trainer trying to win a bet he made with Claire a. As Jay and Manny head out to cut down their own Christmas tree, Gloria tries to avoid spending time with her mother, Pilar, until she sees her bonding with Claire. Meanwhile, Mitchell must brave the holiday traffic in a last minute bid to get Lily the right toy.
Quote from Jay
Manny: It's bald on one side now!
Jay: It'll be fine! We'll just comb over some branches!
Quote from Gloria
Gloria: You don't have to entertain her. After all, she's my mother.
Pilar: Ah, these used to be Glorita's favorite! She used to do headstands to get extra cookies. At least, she'd try.
Gloria: Yeah, but it's not easy! I mean, it's hard enough to keep all this right-side up! Imagine when I had to put it all right-side down!
Quote from Claire
Claire: I'm sorry. I I-I'm jealous.
Gloria: Ay, Claire. But you're beautiful, too, in your own way.
Claire: No. I'm not jealous of you. I am jealous of how your mother comes all the way to see you from Colombia, when my own mother won't even get on a bus from the almond co-op she lives on three hours away.
Quote from Gloria
Pilar: Did you ever think maybe there's a reason she sends you that gift?
Claire: Yeah, 'cause she found something when I was 8 years old that I actually liked, and she hasn't thought about it since.
Pilar: Well, maybe she thinks about it a lot. Maybe she remembers a time when she made you happy, and she wants to go back there.
Claire: Well, now I feel terrible. The only thing I sent her was an e-card.
Pilar: We don't like to admit it but mothers never get over the day their daughters leave them. We never stop needing our little girls.
Gloria: I will never stop needing you, mama.
Quote from Haley
Haley: Wake up! He is not coming back! We need to change into our regular clothes and sneak out. Who am I kidding? My eyes are unforgettable.
Alex: I couldn't even hold on to a fake husband. I always thought you were the tough one to live with, but maybe I am.
Haley: Okay, they've breached the jelly bean moat. This is a problem.
Quote from Luke
Luke: Only 100 more yards. You're just aboot there! Can you see it?
Quote from Phil
Phil: It's so beautiful. It's so green. And, wow, those are high up there.
Luke: The mountains?
Phil: No, my shorts again. Would you mind giving them one last tug?
Luke: You're crossing the border.
Phil: Yeah, I know, and I feel bad asking, but I'm tasting cotton.
Quote from Cameron
Boy: Body-fat scale?
Cameron: I wish I would've had one of those when I was your age. You're welcome.
Quote from Lily
Boy: Who's Robert Mapplethorp?
Mitchell: Actually, I'm gonna need that one back. Sorry.
Boy: That's okay. All I really wanted this year was a Puppy Pound.
Lily: Here. You can have mine. It's really fun.
Cameron: Oh, my gosh. That's the sweetest thing I've ever seen!
Quote from Manny
Manny: I thought Pritchetts never give up.
Jay: They know when to give up, which is its own kind of victory.
Manny: Unless...
Jay: What?
Manny: No, it's crazy. Unless...
Jay: Are you really gonna make me ask you again?