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A Tough Pill to Swallow

‘A Tough Pill to Swallow’

Season 8, Episode 2 -  Aired October 18, 2016

Sue turns to Mike for help when she is kicked out of college after forgetting to renew her financial aid. Meanwhile, Frankie tries to get Brick to swallow a pill after he gets an ear infection, and Hutch is angry after Axl drives the Winnebago home without permission so he can see his girlfriend April.

Quote from Axl

Axl: Then what's your problem?
Hutch: The problem is, you didn't return any of my texts this summer, and I had to hear that you were in love from Kenny. It hurt, man. It really hurt.
Axl: I'm sorry. You know I have a hard time expressing my feelings. [whistle blows]
Hutch: [grunts] It's just our senior year, and you're my best friend. I feel like you just don't care!
Axl: I care! I totally care!
Hutch: Well, then spend more time with me. Hug a brother once in a while.
Axl: You want a hug? Then just say you want a hug!
Hutch: I want a hug! [whistle blows] [they hug]
Coach: Heck! Hutchinson! I said break it up! You see that?! Look at these two! They're animals. That's the kind of hate I want to see.

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Quote from Frankie

Frankie: [sighs] Look. My dad barked at me when I was learning to parallel park, and it was very tense, and it's something I never mastered, okay?
Brick: I get it. Just seems like something you should have gotten over by now. Why can't you just do it?
Frankie: [sighs] Okay. Fine. Fine. You know what? I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna parallel park and you're gonna swallow that pill.
Brick: But...
Frankie: Hey. If I'm doing it, you're doing it. Okay. Bumper even at the front. Now gently, gently turn. Ooh. Hey. [laughs] This is pretty good.
[When Frankie hits the car behind her, Brick chokes on the pill]
Frankie: Oh, crap.
Brick: Hey! I did it! I swallowed a pill! I am a man!
Frankie: Who cares? I dinged that guy's license plate. Let's get out of here.
Brick: Uh, Mom, I think we just lost our side mirror.
Frankie: Don't bark at me! I told you I wasn't good at this!

Quote from Lexie

Lexie: I can't believe this is really happening. That you're really leaving. What are you gonna do now?
Sue: I don't know. Move back home. Work at Spudsy's. Cry a lot.
Lexie: This can't be the end. Did you try calling your lawyer? What about your parents' business manager?
Sue: Oh, Lexie. I'm gonna miss that.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Mike, I just talked to Sue! You heard the good news?
Mike: I heard. What happened to your side mirror?
Frankie: Oh, who cares about that? Can you believe it? We were so worried, we didn't sleep all night, and then look what happened. The nightmare is over. We're back to our regular nightmare. And I didn't even have to use my connection at Applebee's.

Quote from Mike

Frankie: Aren't you excited? Sue's back in school. Although, I don't understand why the bursar people put us through so much hell when they knew they were just gonna give us the financial aid anyway.
Mike: [sighs] They didn't give us financial aid.
Frankie: What do you mean? They must have. Then how is Sue back in school?
Mike: I paid for it.
Frankie: [scoffs] With what? We have like $8 in checking. We don't even have enough to buy more checks.
Mike: I sold my half of the diaper business.
Frankie: What? What do you mean? How?
Mike: This guy from the baby fair's been sniffing around for a long time trying to buy it from me. He made a good offer, so I called Rusty and I took it.
Frankie: [sighs] But you worked so hard. You built that.
Mike: [chuckles] It's Sue.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Well, we built one business. We can build another one.
Mike: Hmm.
Frankie: I mean, I have... I have lots of great ideas. Like... Like remember crazy straws? Okay, what if you could have a straw that allowed you to drink from across the room? A Crazy-Crazy-Crazy Straw!
Mike: Mm.
Frankie: Ooh, ooh! How about a belt made of beef jerky? That would be so great for camping trips, right? Oh, and, um, yes... A breakaway bra so when moms come home and they're tired from work, they could just... right down in front of the TV.

Quote from Axl

Frankie: [v.o.] Wind power, water power, coal power. How great would it be if you could harness the power of a young man in love?
Axl: [runs out of building] Can't talk. Going to see April. I'm in love!

Quote from Sue

Sue: Mm, you know, one good thing about being saddled with the worst dorm on campus... You really appreciate the outside.
Lexie: Keep spinning it, girlfriend. Can you check my hair for mouse poop? Hey. Is that...
Jeremy: [over bullhorn] Don't let the Morley Safer School of Journalism turn into the Home Depot School of Journalism! [sees Sue] Oh, hi, hon.
Sue: Ah.
Lexie: You want to go say hi?
Sue: That's okay. He doesn't know it, but I'm actually kind of protesting him right now. Last night, he made the delivery guy take back the pizza because he didn't like where the cheese was sourced.

Quote from Axl

Hutch: Not cool, bro. Not cool.
Axl: So you fell asleep in one town and woke up in another. It's not a problem, dude. That's an awesome college story.
Hutch: You know what else is an awesome college story? Me graduating college.
Axl: I said I was sorry, all right? Look, I had to see her. We were together all summer. Her eyes are the color of a lake, dude. A lake! Would you just relax? I'm gonna get you to your first class. Nothing happens in the first 15 minutes, anyway. It's just when all the dorky kids introduce themselves to the professors.

Quote from Sue

Sue: So, I was introducing myself to my professors, and I think there's been a little mix-up. See, none of them seem to have me on their rosters.
Clerk: Well, let's see if we can't get to the bottom of this mystery, huh? Name?
Sue: Sue Sue Heck.
Clerk: Well, okay. So, did you have a nice summer?
Sue: Oh, my God. It was a-ma-zing. I worked at Dollywood. Girl in the Well for 14 1/2 performances.
Clerk: Well, that sounds like fun. Huh. I'll be darned.
Sue: What?
Clerk: It says you never signed up for any classes. So, tell me. Is that Dolly Parton as nice as they say she is? You know, she seems very down-to-earth.

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