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A Quarry Story

‘A Quarry Story’

Season 6, Episode 11 -  Aired January 14, 2015

After Frankie discovers an old, uncashed paycheck from the car lot, Mr. Ehlert makes her work a shift to get paid. When her Spudsy hours are cut back, Mike offers Sue a job cleaning up at the quarry. Meanwhile, Big Mike (John Cullum) asks Axl to help him as he fixes the Hecks' kitchen sink, while Brick discovers the wonders of classic TV game shows.

Quote from Brad

Brad: Ugh. Nobody's in the Arby's parking lot either. Should we just go back to the Frugal Hoosier parking lot?
Carly: [sighs] Well, we gotta decide, or I need to get another 50 cents worth of gas.
Sue: I don't just wanna do nothing. Now that I'm holding down two jobs, it's important for me to kick back and take some "me" time.
Brad: Oh, I can't believe you work at a quarry. A quarry is so cool. What even is a quarry?
Sue: Oh, it's amazing. It's this whole major operation. There's this... Hey, I still have the keys on me. Do you guys wanna go see it?
Brad: All right! Pop Grease 2 back in its case, this Saturday night just turned itself around.

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Quote from Brad

Carly: Wow!
Brad: Oh, my god! It's like the Emerald City, but more umber-y. It's like the Earth-Tone city.
Sue: So there's the trailer me and my dad work out of. And there's the high security area. Only certain people have access to it. I do. No biggie.
Carly: Wow!
Brad: We gotta Insta this. Come on, come on. [camera shutter clicks] Rockin'...At the quarry.

Quote from Frankie

Man: Hi! Do you work here?
Frankie: Oh. Sort of.
Man: I'm interested in that car.
Frankie: Great. You let me know when you decide. Either way, it's fine.
Man: I'm sorry?
Frankie: [mouth full] Look, I got no dog in this fight. Take the car, don't take the car. Whatevs.
Man: You know what? I think I'll take it.
Frankie: Wait. What?
Man: Well, assuming I like the price.
Frankie: Okay, look, I know this waltz. You'll come in with a number too low, I'll come back with one too high, we'll end up 5% below sticker, you'll walk away saying you'll think about it, and you'll never come back, which is cool, 'cause I'm never coming back either.
Man: 5% below sticker sounds great. You got a deal.

Quote from Axl

Big Mike: Well, this is something. I gotta get a picture of this. I know the fella at the store told me that there was a camera on here somewhere.
Axl: Oh, yeah, you got it. Just press the center button.
Big Mike: Oh, this... This is too complicated. Here, why don't you take it?
Axl: No, no, no, no, no. I'll show you. Then you'll know, huh?

Quote from Sue

Mike: How the hell could you let someone like this happen?! Huh? Tell me that!
Sue: Why... why weren't there any people at Arby's?
Mike: Arby's? What the...
Axl: Dad, you seem upset. Can I offer you a glass of nice refreshing water from the sink I just fixed?
Sue: [continues sobbing] You should ground me.
Mike: Oh, you're gonna get grounded. You haven't seen grounded like you're gonna get grounded.
Sue: Whatever you do to me is not gonna be enough! This was supposed to be the year of Sue! [sobbing] And I blew it!

Quote from Mike

Mike: Frankie, I'm shaking, I'm so mad. You should have seen this party. If anything had happened, we... We could have lost everything.
Frankie: [exhales deeply] You know, she didn't plan it.
Mike: Still. I never should have given her the keys in the first place. [sighs] I guess I'd expect this kind of idiot behavior from Axl, but not Sue.
Frankie: Mm-hmm.
Mike: I gotta ground her. Six months, minimum.
Frankie: Ooh, six months? [sighs] It's her senior year.
Mike: She's gotta learn.
Mike: "Dear Dad/Mr. H., I'm so, so very, very sorry. You gave me the greatest opportunity in the world when you hired me to work with you and clean trailer toilets and do so many other cool things. You put your trust in me, and I just hope that one day I might be able to win back your trust because..." [paper rustles] "Because it's so important to me that you can trust me, and I'll do whatever I can to..." [paper slides] [sighs] Maybe two months.
Frankie: [v.o.] Altogether, Sue slipped 22 pages under the door that night. Mike's punishment went from six months to six weeks, but Sue didn't think it was enough, so she jacked it back up to eight. Then we slowly forgot about it, and it petered out around four. On the plus side, when the final scores were tabulated, Sue was the big winner in Brick's game show extravaganza. Hey, you take the wins where you can get 'em.

Quote from Sue

Dave: Oh, hey, look at that.
Jim: Hey, Sue.
Chuck: This place is looking sweet, Little Girl Mike.
Sue: Thanks! I went with a whole quarry-theme for the coffee area. We have sugar rocks, doughnut holes, and I hope you have a blast. [laughs]
Dave: Well, usually honey ticks me off on account of it being sticky. But putting it inside a straw is nice.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: [sighs] So get this. Mr. Ehlert won't reissue the check unless I go in and work for a day.
Mike: What?
Frankie: Oh, yeah. [sighs] It's fine. There are a couple new people there who don't know we used to call him "Mr. Smell-ert," so... I'm gonna get that going again before I leave.

Quote from Axl

Big Mike: This looks good. Nice and flush with the countertop. You dropped this in all by yourself, huh?
[When Big Mike turns the faucet on, water spouts out in two directions]
Axl: Oh, my God, it's fine. It's better than what we had before.
Big Mike: I guess that's true. [turns faucet on] So you like the water coming out both sides, huh?
Axl: Yeah, I like sideways water. You can fill two glasses at once. It's awesome.
Big Mike: And you used the right screw?
Axl: What? There's, like, a billion screws in there! It's close enough.
Big Mike: And you think this is your best work? You're... you're happy with this?
Axl: I am. I feel great about it.
Big Mike: Then I guess you're done.
Axl: I guess I am. [groans]

Quote from Sue

Sue: So where should we go next? Mm! Doug's Fancy Yogurt?
Brad: Yogurt Apre Pizza? Dairy Overload? I love it!
Boy: Hey, you know where the party's at?
Sue: What? Who are you guys? What are you doing here?
Girl: We saw something on Instagram about a quarry party.
Sue: What? What? No, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. There is no party. You guys have to leave. You're not allowed to be here. Nobody is allowed to be here.
Brick: Oh, my God. Sue, look.

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