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Tough Love

‘Tough Love’

Season 9, Episode 9 -  Aired December 6, 2017

After leaving his real estate firm, Phil decides to take a trip into the wilderness. Claire gets behind the wheel of a big rig when another problem at work lands on her desk. Meanwhile, Mitchell thinks Cameron is too gullible, and Gloria is torn between denial and anger when Manny comes home with an older woman.

Quote from Phil

Phil: [answers phone] Hello?
Claire: Oh, hi, honey! I've been out of cell range for most of the day. I just wanted to check in, see how you're doing.
Phil: Oh. Great, great. The air, the, uh, the trees... Moss only grows on the north side of trees, right? I feel like I might be walking in circles. Is there something called, uh, fool's moss?
Claire: I don't know. You sound out of breath. Is everything okay?
Phil: No, Claire, I'm worried that a bear or even a family of bears is hunting me. Of course I'm okay. I've only been out here for a couple hours. Uh, uh, what kind of man do you think I am?
Claire: Well, it sounds like we're both having an adventure. I just got on a scale, and guess how much I weigh. 5 tons!
Phil: Yeah, well, we all put on a few around the holidays. Mwah! Let me call you back a little later. Meanwhile, uh, I am sending you a pic of me enjoying nature at my last known location in my very identifiable red Gore-Tex jacket. Anyhoo, leave a check out for the gardener, and you gave my life meaning.

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Quote from Jay

Jay: But you like Karen, right?
Manny: A lot, but, I mean bad enough she's older than I am, she's also a movement professor.
Jay: I swear to God, before today, I'd never heard those two words together. Now it's all I hear.

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: Glad you enjoyed the film, boys. Now you can be in one of your own!
Shane: What the hell are you doing?!
Cameron: My job. I guess I really am a vice principal. A Miami vice principal No, I guess it doesn't really need the "Miami," does it.

Quote from Mitchell

Lily: Finally! Where have you been?
Mitchell: I have been out walking Cal and guess who's right behind me.
Lily: Actually, I've been the one who-
Mitchell: Who will be going to Disneyland if she plays her cards right.

Quote from Lily

Cameron: Hey, Lily, the library is saying that "Stripey the Zebracorn" is two months overdue? What what's that about?
Lily: We have a new librarian, and she's a little... She's been drunk e-mailing a lot.
Cameron: Oh, that poor thing.
Mitchell: Lily, go find that book. And the fine's coming out of your allowance.

Quote from Claire

Claire: You didn't sound so good on the phone. I called the hotel, and they said you checked in early. Honey, I know I like to complain about people coming to me to solve their problems, but don't you dare not come to me with yours.
Phil: By the way, if you don't want people to come to you to solve their problems all the time, maybe don't be so good at it.

Quote from Phil

Claire: Uh... Only because I am picturing myself in a line of people sweeping the woods with flashlights, are you sure a week in the woods is a good idea?
Phil: Sweetheart, if anything, I'm over prepared. I have two weeks worth of food, water purifiers a flare gun.
Claire: Oh, don't wave that thing around in the house.
Phil: Give me a little bit of credit. I'm not gonna shoot off a flare gun in the house. [inflates air mattress]

Quote from Mitchell

Cameron: Today, I have to oversee my first detention as acting vice principal, and I'm I've just been racking my brain of how I'm gonna reach these kids.
Mitchell: It's, uh, detention. How about "shut up and do your homework"?

Quote from Mitchell

Mitchell: What's what's wrong with her? Should I get the hex poppet?
Pam: I'm just cry-talking. I threw my neck out changing Cal. Now whenever I move, all of me comes with it.
Cameron: Oh, gosh. Oh, you know what? Why don't you let us take baby Cal, and you go get yourself a rubdown.
Pam: You're an angel. Shouldn't be but a few hours.
Mitchell: [whispers] Hey, are you an even bigger rube than I thought? There's nothing wrong with her neck. [normal voice] Oh my God, the baby!
Pam: What?! [neck cracks] No! [pained whimpering]
Mitchell: He- He winked at me.

Quote from Joe

Gloria: Well, it's always very nice to meet one of Manny's teachers. Why don't I get us something to drink and maybe some delicious brownies that I was about to throw away because they're only for the good children!
Joe: Keep your brownies!

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