
‘If You Build It’
Season 10, Episode 1 - Aired September 21, 2022
The Goldbergs are all under one roof again as they mourn the loss of their patriarch, Murray. As Beverly helps Erica and Geoff clear out room for a nursery, Barry and Adam are forced to share a bedroom.
Quote from Beverly
Adult Adam: [v.o.] While I was loving having my room back to normal, my mom was crushing a room renovation of her own.
Beverly: Ah! Ta-da! Ha! 132 square feet of snuggies and future cuddlefests.
Geoff: And if you're not here to give those? A Granny Bev doll.
Beverly: Well, there may be a few moments when I'm not in here, so...
Erica: Mom, I love it so much. Thank you.
Beverly: Ohh.
Erica: Although...
Beverly: What? You don't like it? Tell me now. I'll burn it down and start anew.
Quote from Beverly
Beverly: I know what it is. We need a mobile for the baby. Lou's spinster sister sent us one.
Geoff: My aunt, whom I love.
Beverly: Super lady, but she's got that mole.
Geoff: Again, love her very much.
Beverly: But she is unmarried for a reason.
Quote from Beverly
Erica: What happened to Dad's chair? [dramatic sound effect]
Beverly: Remember the other day when you convinced me to let go of your father's things? I did.
Geoff: You guys have a philodendron back there! What a fun surprise!
Erica: No, the surprise is that Dad's chair is gone.
Beverly: I'm getting the sense that even though this was very much your idea, now you're upset.
Erica: I didn't mean the chair. Kinda feel like I'm gonna throw up right now, but it's probably just the pregnancy and not the visual reminder of how permanent death is. [sobs]
Beverly: What the [bleep] have I done? [both weep]
Erica: Ohh!
Beverly: Oh, I blame Geoff!
Erica: That feels right.
Quote from Beverly
Beverly: This is the worst thing that's ever happened to me!
Geoff: That seems way wrong, considering this past year, but maybe we can get it back?
Virginia Kremp: Beverly, you'll be happy to know that when I took it to Goodwill, per your request, they laughed at me, told me to take it to the dumpster and set it on fire. But I did not do that. Mm-mm. I left it on the curb.
Beverly: Our curb?
Virginia Kremp: Mm-hmm.
Beverly: Oh, Ginzy, God bless your lack of follow-through. [both giggle] The chair is on the curb! [both laugh] I was about to rip poor Ginzy's face off, and it was here on the curb the whole time!
Adult Adam: [v.o.] But it wasn't.
Beverly: Where's the chair, Ginzy?
Virginia Kremp: Not entirely sure. [nervous laugh]
Quote from Barry
Adult Adam: [v.o.] While my mom faced the nightmare of losing my dad's chair, Barry was living in a field of dreams with the JTP.
Barry: There! All done.
Matt: Uh, Bar, it feels like the lines are a little crooked.
Andy: Could be fun with crooked lines.
Naked Rob: Yeah, the game does need reinvention.
Barry: Damn it. You guys un-chalk it while I go grab my mitt. And if time permits, build me a whimsical snack bar.
Matt: It feels like time will not permit.
Naked Rob: Who wears a mitt for Wiffle ball?
Matt: He has a vision.
Quote from Adam
Adam: Country Time Lemonade, my good men?
Matt: There's nothing I want more than a tangy sip from the past, but why are you being so generous and upbeat?
Adam: 'Cause I finally out Barry-ed Barry. He thinks it's his destiny to build that field, just like Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams.
Matt: Field of Dreams?
Andy: What are you talking about?
Naked Rob: I only know the book.
Adult Adam: And so I explained to the JTP what I'd done. To my surprise, they didn't love it.
Naked Rob: How could you?
Andy: Your boyish face belies a dark heart.
Matt: This is the first thing that you tried?
Adam: It's a harmless prank. Did we hit a genuine pet cemetery down there? Yeah. But we had fun.
Quote from Adam
Matt: Field of Dreams is about a man who builds a baseball field to have one last catch with his dead father!
Adam: What? No! He's just a delusional farmer who hears voices and ruins his family's livelihood.
Andy: He plows that corn to bring back the ghosts of legendary baseball players who missed out on their dreams, allowing him to look further into his own regrets.
Matt: And one of those regrets is not connecting with his father.
Naked Rob: "If you build it, he will come." The "he," in this case, is his super-dead dad.
Andy: Real dead, dude.
Adam: Barry's secretly hoping to see Dad one last time and have a game of catch the baseball.
Matt: Just catch.
Adam: At most, I thought he'd make one phone call to James Earl Jones and call it a day.
Andy: It's the whole theme of the movie.
Naked Rob: Yeah, it's very in-your-face.
Matt: Also, he did call James Earl Jones.
Quote from Erica
Geoff: We just wanted to say we're sorry.
Erica: Yeah, we never should've rushed you to give away Dad's things.
Beverly: I just miss him.
Erica: We all do. Losing Dad is gonna hurt for a long time. But even if his things aren't here anymore, he's always gonna be in our hearts, chair or no chair. [they hug]
Beverly: And we have so much to look forward to this year.
Erica: We really do. [they walk into the nursery]
Beverly: Ben. Where did you...
Pop-Pop: Found it on the curb. I couldn't stand the thought of anyone else having the stupid thing. Yeah, I threw on some gliders. Thought maybe you could use it to rock the baby.
Beverly: Well, that is the single best baby gift ever.
Erica: Now I know what was missing. [hugs Pop-Pop]
Beverly: You're right. This room is finally perfect.
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Turns out the people we say goodbye to never really leave us... but that doesn't mean we don't miss them.
Quote from Adam
Adam: Bar, I'm so sorry.
Barry: It's okay, AdRock.
Adam: Did you really think, you know...
Barry: If I built it, he would come? I knew it was crazy. But do you ever look around and see him in everything?
Adam: All the time. He made us who we are. Sometimes by not doing anything at all.
Barry: Yeah. He had a real hands-off parenting style. [both chuckle]
Adam: Unless he was calling us morons.
Barry: [laughs] He did do that a lot. Well, I'm glad I have a brother like you to go through this with.
Adam: I wouldn't want anyone else.
Barry: Get in here. [they hug]
Adam: Barry?
Barry: Yeah?
Adam: I never thought I'd say this in my life, but... wanna have a catch?
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Losing someone is hard, but if you're lucky, the people who love you can step up to the plate and make things a little easier. Life is filled with all kinds of changes... but what we can count on is that the legacy of those we've lost lives on in all of us. Generation after generation. The only thing we can do is take a seat and hold on.
Quote from Barry
Beverly: Well, while you're both still here, we're gonna need to do some consolidating.
Barry: On it! Also, on what?
Beverly: Barry, your room is right across from Geoff and Erica's. We're gonna need to take it for the baby's nursery.
Adam: Ha! In your face!
Barry: Pop-Pop has the basement. Where am I gonna sleep?
Beverly: Well, there is, uh, one place. [looks at Adam]
Adam: Oh, no.
Beverly: Yes, you two are gonna share a bedroom. Yay! It's already been decided and everybody's happy, 'cause who would question their grieving mother?
Barry: [chuckles] In your face.
Adam: You know what? Fine. I leave in two weeks. I can handle it.