Adult Adam: [v.o.] Barry also found an unexpected way to relieve some stress.
Barry: Joanne loved the flowers! I finally understand why my mother says you're her number-three friend.
Virginia Kremp: [laughs] What a fun thing to say to someone.
Barry: Also, I was honest with Joanne, like you said I should be, and she was completely understanding.
Virginia Kremp: I knew it. And the stress rash?
Barry: [chuckles] Gone! Let me pop off these jeans and show you in your place of business.
Virginia Kremp: No, I'll take your word for it.

Adult Adam: [v.o.] Working with flowers had made Barry bloom.
[Barry places a potted cactus with a pink flower on Adam's desk as he works]
Barry: Just because.
Adam: Just because what?
Barry: Just because you're my brother and as unique as this desert flower. I don't say that enough. [kisses Adam's forehead]

Erica: Hey, what are you guys doing?
Beverly: Studying up for my next date with Joe.
Adam: This is... [holds up picture]
Beverly: A dove.
Adam: A pelican.
Beverly: Ah, yes! I'm getting closer.
Erica: Um, why?
Beverly: Joe thinks I'm a book-reading, bird-watching vegetarian, among other things.

Adam: This is... [holds up picture]
Beverly: An emu.
Adam: A blue jay.
Beverly: And now I know.

Adam: I don't want to ride. But I'll climb on and have Geoff take a picture. Then, I'll tell Carmen I took the sled down to Sturgis. Lying's okay because Mom does it all the time now.

Adult Adam: [v.o.] But my mom soon found out it wasn't as easy as she thought.
Mr. Perott: Is this not glorious, or what?
Beverly: Yes. [chuckles] I, too, like to make myself uncomfortable for fun.
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Turns out, pretending to like stuff Joe liked was a tough pill to swallow.
Mr. Perott: Can you believe this tofu isn't meat?
Beverly: Mmm, so mushy. [chuckles]
Adult Adam: Yep, my mom was in deep.
Mr. Perott: The piping plover, gifting us with her presence. Majestic.
Beverly: Yeah, birds. We don't eat 'em, we look at 'em.

Beverly: Wait. Joe's coming over now?
Geoff: Yeah, he called earlier to say he's bringing his famous kelp casserole.
Beverly: He can't see how we live! He thinks we're adherents to his freakish lifestyle.
Adam: Wait, we have to play a part in this charade?
Beverly: Of course! One of the biggest lies I told is that I instilled in my children a set of positive values. Now, hide all the meat! [clatters] And get rid of the six TVs! [panting] Come on! Move! You are good and decent vegetarians now!

Erica: Mom, this is exactly what dating is all about. You get to know each other, and if you don't like something you find out, boom, trash heap.
Beverly: I've just yo-yo'd him so many times. I feel terrible. Why do I have to be so charming and irresistible?
Geoff: How does all this affect my motorcycle ride? I may have already bought biker's insurance.

Beverly: Geoff, go.
Geoff: Animal Farm was written by...
Beverly: A man.
Geoff: George Orwell.
Beverly: Oh. Well, I was half right.

Erica: If you want it to go well, just...
Beverly: I know, just be myself.
Erica: Sure, that. But also, be a less pushy, overbearing version of yourself. Like, for example, anybody else.