
‘The Strangest Affair of All Time’
Season 9, Episode 17 - Aired March 23, 2022
Beverly has a Dynasty-style showdown after Jane Bales starts using her relationship with Formica Mike (Richard Kind) to change things at the Ottoman Empire. Meanwhile, Adam is excited to learn that Dave Kim will be joining him at NYU.
Quote from Dave Kim
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Barry was right. I was the king of big, apologetic gestures.
Dave Kim: The Say Anything boombox? I'm turning on the sprinklers!
Adam: Aw, geez! [trips] Ohh!
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Problem was, Dave Kim knew all my moves.
Dave Kim: Sappy montage of all our greatest moments, some in shameless slow-motion, set to an emotionally manipulative song?
Adult Adam: [v.o.] So I pulled out my biggest weapon.
Adam: Okay, okay! Here he comes!
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Not even Dave Kim could resist a giant musical number.
Adam: A-one and a-two...
Dave Kim: Stop! Nobody dance!
Adam: But we have a humongous choreographed musical number set to the song "Friends" by rap-pop duo Whodini.
Dave Kim: You don't get it. The only reason I even chose NYU was because you were going to be there. But after what you did, we are no longer friends, and we never will be.
Quote from Adam
Adult Adam: [v.o.] I had treated my best friend terribly. The only thing left for me to do was try to forget him.
Adam: I'm trashing all my cherished memories.
Erica: Hold up. Maybe I want the box. What is this stuff?
Adam: It's my Dave Kim keepsake collection.
Barry: Sure, we all have one. Is this a Minnesota Vikings tablecloth?
Adam: It's the wizard cloak we used in our D&D adventures.
Erica: Ticket stubs?
Adam: Our first Weird Al concert. He played "I Want a New Duck" back to back with "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch."
Barry: Finally. Something not terrifyingly dorky... a notebook.
Adam: That's the English to Artootin dictionary from our made-up language.
Erica: Why are there six words for "thrust"?
Barry: No way.
Adam: It's a nuanced dialect! Who knows. Maybe G.I. Jed will turn out to be a non-judgmental and endlessly loyal best friend, just like Dave Kim.
Quote from Barry
Adult Adam: [v.o.] With that, my brother and sister set out to prove that apologizing was a universal language.
Dave Kim: Tell Adam whatever this is, I don't want it.
Erica: Wait. He doesn't know that we're here.
Barry: We've got something to say to you, Dave Kim.
Erica: Kaa-toom ault-fay bleep bloop. Am-day zeep arrrrr wee choot-choot. [subtitle: "This is our fault. Adam loves you more than you know."]
Barry: Fee torp Dam-ay doop-doop weee, diots-iay. [subtitle: "Don't blame Adam because we're idiots."]
Dave Kim: You guys learned Artootin? Feep-feep, ova tizz. Meeg norp?
Erica: Yeah. We kinda just memorized that small chunk. Anyway, we're sorry if we destroyed what you and Adam had, but we hope that it's not unfixable.
Barry: The reason none of Adam's big gestures of love worked on you is 'cause... [sighs] ...you know him better than anyone.
Quote from Adam
Barry: We're gonna help you decide what you're gonna take to college.
Adam: My Omnibot cassette-playing robot with Huey Lewis and the News inside!
Barry: Here's something that shouldn't be news... Women don't like robots.
Adam: He-Man and the entire line of Masters of Universe action figures.
Erica: In this universe, you will get no action.
Adam: My trusty calculator watch.
Barry: The only thing you'll watch is the babes run away.
Adam: Nothing's cooler than my Indiana Jones hat and whip. [whip cracks] Ow!
Quote from Beverly
Adult Adam: [v.o.] Back in the '80s, the show Dynasty was the best. It had crazy wealth, shoulder pads, and endless lady fights. And no one loved it more than my mom.
Beverly: [sing-song voice] Everyone, shut up!
Adam: We were sitting quietly.
Beverly: [normal voice] But now you're talking. Anticipate my irrational anxiety, Adam. It's Dynasty night!
Barry: I'll always be noiseless for you, Mama.
Beverly: Thank you, Barry. And, tonight, you are my favorite.
Quote from Beverly
Beverly: Damn it! Who the hell is interrupting Dynasty night?! [opens door]
Vic: Ha ha! Hello, Beverly. Hope I made it in time for kickoff.
Beverly: Kickoff? Oh, Murray's off touring a suede factory in Tucson.
Vic: So I guess, "You'll get to go to Tucson next time, Vic," means the time after that.
Quote from Dave Kim
Dave Kim: [enters] Huge news!
Adam: Carrie Fisher said yes to your prom-posal and now you have to find a Han Solo-themed tuxedo?
Dave Kim: Better! As you know, I've been struggling to decide between my college acceptances.
Barry: Bragging is a form of bullying.
Dave Kim: But after taking into account who I could be going to college with...
Adam: Don't tease me, Dave Kim!
Dave Kim: I'm going to NYU, baby!
Quote from Barry
Adam: I guess if we had other roommates, we could meet more people.
Erica: There ya go! Tell him that.
Adam: And we can introduce our new friends to each other?
Erica: You won't, because you'll be ditching him, but that's another lie he might believe.
Adam: I don't know.
Barry: We do. We'll send this form in and make a list of everything that's wrong with Dave Kim.
Adam: You don't need to do that.
Barry: It's already done... up here.
Quote from Beverly
Formica Mike: There she is! What nosy business are you up to?
Beverly: I'm looking for our TV remote. Murray instinctively carries it with him everywhere. Oh, bingo! [chuckles]
Adult Adam: [v.o.] But the remote wasn't all she found.
Beverly: The [bleep] is that?
Formica Mike: Oh, that's our well-respected coffee corner. We have over two flavors.
Beverly: I am familiar with the coffee corner. What I'm not familiar with are those hideous mugs. What happened to the paper cups?
Formica Mike: Jane thought that those were, uh... Oh, how did she put it? Um, "a bag of ass."
Beverly: Jane? Jane Bales?
Formica Mike: Yeah, Janey has tons of ideas, which I'm happy to indulge because she's got the bod of a department-store mannequin.
Quote from Beverly
Jane Bales: There's my king! Oh, it's so decent of you to consort with the sick and the wretched.
Beverly: Jane. Did the other witches forget to tell you where the coven was meeting again?
Formica Mike: [laughs] Fun stuff. Here I go.
Beverly: Jane, what the hell do you think you're doing with those mugs?
Jane Bales: Uh, I'm just classing up the joint. I mean, God knows this store needs it.
Beverly: This store is just fine.
Formica Mike: [chuckles] This place makes your home look like Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace is in England, and I'm just telling you because I think you're provincial and dumb.
Beverly: The only thing dumb is you thinking that you have any say in what goes on around here.
Jane Bales: I'm seeing the Formica King. Doesn't that make me the Formica Queen?
Beverly: How dare you? The Ottoman Empire was started by my father. If anyone's queen, it's me.
Jane Bales: Says you. Ta!