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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 Claire

Claire: [on the phone] The dentist says your new mouth guard should be there tomorrow. Alex, I am sure you can make it through one night I-I don't know, hit the materials lab and whip up some mouth flubber.

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Quote from Claire

Margaret: Oh, Claire, thank goodness. There was a bit of a trucking mix-up. Irving was sent to Julian and can't get to Visalia.
Claire: Well, send Dustin to Visalia and have Irving hit Julian and Ramona.
Margaret: Dustin can't hit Visalia and also Irvine.
Claire: Well, can Julia hit Irvine?
Margaret: Not Irvine and Tustin.
Claire: Fine Send Julia to Julian, Ramón to Ramona, Dustin to Tustin, Irving to Irvine, and I'll drive the damn truck to Visalia!
Margaret: You?
Claire: Yes, of course me, Margaret! 'Cause I have to handle everything anyhow! If not me, who?
Margaret: Oh, no. Mi Hu is going to Carlsbad.

Quote from Gloria

[As Luke watches the video of Cameron's detention:]
Luke: Oh, Uncle Cam. "Like."
[cut to Gloria's kitchen where she's watching the video:]
Cameron: [Irish accent] My friend, Billy. Billy Club.
Gloria: Ay, Cam. "Like."

Quote from Jay

Gloria: What kind of schools allow a teacher to date a student?
Jay: I'm guessing any art school.
Gloria: He can't date a 30-year-old. Manny's still a child.
Jay: Manny wasn't a child when I met him. Look, there was a 10-year period where there was at least one empty chair at my house every Thanksgiving because I had a lot to say about who Mitchell and Claire were dating. So learn from my one and only parental mistake.

Quote from Cameron

Shane: Look, I'm, uh, sorry. I just really need these kids to accept me.
Cameron: No, Shane, you don't. Because they're popular, you think you need their approval.
Shane: [sighs] I'm a cop.
Cameron: Oh, are you, now?
Shane: There's concern about some drug traffic at this school. I am here, undercover, to shut it down.
Cameron: [mockingly] Okay, yeah. Okay, well, I kind of always knew you were police.
Shane: Well, sure. You're law enforcement, too. We know our own.
Cameron: Cop eyes.
Shane: Cop eyes.

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: Okay. So what's the play?
Shane: There's this new designer drug called Dexomorphone.
Cameron: Mm-hmm.
Shane: Kids are calling them "Dum-Dums." So there's this big deal going down tonight on the north campus during the basketball game.
Cameron: And you want my help with the bust.
Shane: Yes. By being nowhere near there. I don't want to spook these dealers.
Cameron: Copy that. But in case you need backup, I should be near north campus.
Shane: Or nowhere near there.
Cameron: Or there but slouched down in my car so no one sees me.
Shane: Or at your house.
Cameron: Right.

Quote from Mitchell

Cameron: So, I shouldn't be telling you this, but Shane, the guy who shot the video, is actually an undercover cop.
Mitchell: Oh.
Cameron: Yeah, and he did the video to sort of, like, humiliate me to get some street cred. And there's a big drug deal going on tonight, but he wants me to steer clear.
Mitchell: Is anyone else aware of Shane's "21 Jump Street" double life?
Cameron: Well, he's not gonna broadcast it out loud for everyone.
Mitchell: But you did get some paperwork or identification?
Cameron: Okay. You know what? I think it's hilarious that the person you don't trust is a hero, who's helping fight the Dexomorphone problem that's plaguing-
Mitchell: I'm sorry. What?
Cameron: The street name is "Dum-Dums," and Shane says there's literally Dum-Dums everywhere.
Mitchell: Okay. So, Shane, not a 16-year-old drug dealer who enjoys humiliating you but a baby-faced police officer, has deputized you, and your first assignment is to stay as far away as possible from a huge "Dum-Dum" deal that's about to go down? Cam, I mean, come I love how trusting you are, but when you start missing things that are that obvious [realizes he's been wheeling a doll around in the stroller], then, well, you know, I don't have to say anything more.

Quote from Mitchell

Manny: You know, um Mom really surprised me before. This is the first time she's treating me like an adult. And Karen's great. I mean, It's nice to be with a mature woman, someone with experience.
Gloria: So you two haven't slept together, huh?
Manny: She suggested we come here. I said fine. You don't know how relieved I was you guys were home. But then Mom was so cool with it. I mean, where's the crazy Colombian the one time I need her?

Quote from Joe

Jay: Joe?! You ready to talk?
Joe: [o.s.] For oatmeal raisin? Don't waste my time.

Quote from Jay

Jay: You okay?
Gloria: Joe is sleeping in a fort downstairs, and Manny's upstairs sleeping with a doctor. I don't know what the rules are anymore.
Jay: No one does, but for what it's worth, I think you made the right call.
Gloria: I am at least winning one of these fights.
Jay: Storming the fort?
Gloria: I'm gonna go and drag him out of there and put him in his bed. I'm still bigger than Joe, even though that Manny's, like...
Jay: Trust me. The little boy in Manny isn't gone yet.

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