‘When a Tree Falls’
Season 4, Episode 9 - Aired November 28, 2012
Cameron talks Mitchell into supporting his effort to save an old tree in the park. Jay and Manny are both pushed beyond their comfort zones when they attend a kid's birthday party. Meanwhile, Alex tries to take an embarrassing bad picture of Haley, and Gloria's "pregnancy brain" is making her forgetful.
Quote from Joe
Phil: Sorry about that. I went a little nuts there. I don't know what happened.
Jay: I do. I was ragging on you in front of your friends.
Phil: Oh, yeah.
Jay: Sorry about that. I couldn't think of anything else to say.
Phil: Why not?
Jay: I got 20, 25 years on those guys. We got nothing in common. It's only gonna get worse. I mean, what's it gonna be like with the new kid in ten years?
Phil: Oh, my goodness. You're insecure and vulnerable. This is the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Jay: Shut up.
Phil: Who's a shy bunny?
Jay: You wanna go one more round, without the gloves?
Quote from Manny
Phil: I'm just playing around, Jay. I don't care how old you are. I could sit and talk to you all day. Those guys really liked you, too.
Jay: I don't care about that. Did they? Even Jerry?
Phil: Yes.
Jay: Well, maybe you're right. I mean, Manny didn't want to come, and look at him. Looks like he's having a great time.
Manny: So then Luke's dad grabs the taser from me, and he was like, "uhh! Uhh!"
Phil: No. No! That's not how it happened.
Quote from Gloria
Gloria: Ay! Ay! It hurts!
Claire: Hang in there! Hang in there! I'll get you to the hospital as soon as I can!
Store Manager: I just want to apologize, one more time on behalf of the store for any stress that I might have caused you. Here, you can keep the sweatshirt as a gift. And congratulations on this baby, which is clearly not a turkey. That was-
Gloria: Go away now!
Quote from Gloria
Claire: What hospital are we going to?
Gloria: No! No hospital!
Claire: No hospital. Wow. Wow, you're one of those, huh? Okay, please don't have it in the pool, though. 'Cause we swim in there.
Gloria: I'm not having the baby, Claire. I was just faking it.
Claire: What?
Gloria: Not bad for someone with pregnancy brain, huh?
Quote from Claire
Gloria: I'm sorry. I just couldn't sit there and watch you suffer just because you had turned your brain off.
Claire: Okay, I deserved that. [sirens wail] Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no. I just blew through a red light. Damn. You think you can keep the pregnancy thing up for a little while longer?
Gloria: Ay! I feel the head! Feel it! Feel it!
Claire: Save it! Save it for the cop! Save it.
Quote from Lily
Cameron: That's it?
Mitchell: That's it. So I'll go to city hall on Monday and see what I can do, but you did it, Cam!
Cameron: No, we did it. I had to run away, and you stepped in, and like an understudy, you gave a brilliant performance.
Mitchell: Yeah, but you're the star.
Cameron: Oh, well... [giggles]
Lily: Can we stop doing this and go home?
Quote from Cameron
Cameron: Oh, hey, Gloria. Listen, I called Jay about borrowing a drill for my dresser handles.
Jay: I got it right here, Cam! Oh, jeez. What's with the getup?
Gloria: Ay, good. You see that, too?
Jay: Stella, stop. Ay, shh, shh, shh.
Gloria: Sorry, Cam.
Cameron: Oh, no, don't be. I take it as a compliment. [hisses at Stella] "Cats" - now and forever. Actually, just till next Thursday. It's been described as "transcendent."