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Adult Swim

‘Adult Swim’

Season 8, Episode 20 -  Aired April 18, 2017

After Axl flops at a job seekers' convention, Frankie treats him to a new suit to build up his confidence. Mike threatens to take away the aboveground pool if Sue and Brick don't start using it over the summer.

Quote from Brick

Sue: Hey, hey, hey! It's a beautiful day! Why aren't you in the pool?
Brick: I don't want to go in the pool. Why aren't you in the pool?
Sue: 'Cause I don't want to go in the pool. I'm 20, okay? You're young. You should be frolicking.
Brick: I frolicked once when I was 8. Didn't care for it.

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Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Knock, knock. I brought you my nightstand cookies. Oh, I'm sorry about the whole jacket fiasco, but, hey, it's all just fodder for your TED Talk.
Axl: The only TED Talk I'll be giving will be to another guy in the gutter named Ted.
Frankie: [inhales sharply] Well... I might have something to make you feel better. Look, I know you're heading out into the world, and you need to look professional, so... I'm gonna buy you a suit.
Axl: Hmm. We gonna hit a garage sale?
Frankie: Nope. We're going to a real suit store. I am taking you to The Suit Plantation. Mm-hmm. It's in a mini-mall on Route 37 next door to the gas station with the good hot dogs.
Axl: Wait, wait, wait. Does that include pants?
Frankie: Yes, but you have to keep them on. And we might have to take one selfie.
Axl: All right. Just no arms around each other.
Frankie: Let's just see how we feel when we get there.

Quote from Brick

Sue: He... H-H-Hey! Where do you think you're going?
Brick: I'm going to read.
Sue: Mm, no. I think you're getting in the pool.
Brick: It's all good... I checked the pool for quarters, and I wet down the towels. We're covered for today.
Sue: Mnh-mnh! Brick, Dad said, "Use it or lose it," so you better get out there and use that pool.
Brick: You know, maybe we should lose it, since neither of us seem to want to use it.
Sue: Don't say that! We have had that pool forever. It's like the fifth family member.
Brick: I'm the fifth family member.

Quote from Brick

Frankie: [v.o.] So, while I was trying to keep it together, Brick was doing whatever it took to keep his pool.
Cindy: Brick, can I get out now?
Brick: Nope. My dad hasn't come home to see us enjoying the pool yet.
Mike: Well. What's this? Got a little pool party going on here?
Brick: Ah, Dad. Great. As you can see, we are indeed enjoying the pool. [hushed] Frolic.
Cindy: Yay. [Cindy and Troy meekly splash water about]
Brick: [normal voice] Yep, we're all having a great time.
Cindy: Please don't say how I'm feeling. You know how I hate that.
Mike: You know, the way I see it, there's still something missing from that pool... you.
Brick: I... would love to be in there, but I feel a poop coming on. Playing it safe.

Quote from Brick

Mike: I don't get it. Why do you care so much about something that you ignore most of the time?
Brick: Well, by that theory, what are you still doing with Mom?

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: I love this suit on you.
Axl: And it loves being on me. [chuckles]
Frankie: You needed a good suit. Now you have something to wear to interviews... maybe even on a date. I know people don't wear suits on dates anymore, but maybe if you go to a play or something. People still go to plays. I mean, I don't. Your dad's glued to the couch. But when girls see you in this suit, they are gonna be all over you.
Axl: [chuckles] Well, I don't really know about that, but... now that you brought it up, I have actually... kind of been... seeing someone. Lexie.
Frankie: Oh! Oh. Okay. Really? Oh. Lexie. Well, she's nice. That's great.
Axl: Wow. Okay. [laughs] I don't know... I kind of thought you'd be all like, um, "You just broke up with April. It's too soon. Use your brain."
Frankie: What? No. Pfft. That doesn't sound like me.
Axl: Well, anyway, you know, it's... a little too early in the whole thing, but we definitely like each other, so... gonna take this one slow. [chuckles]
Frankie: Well, that's totes cool. Thanks for filling me in on the haps.
Frankie: [v.o.] Wow! Suit shopping and my son confiding on me on his own! If I could get him to go for one of those good hot dogs from the gas station next door, this would be the perfect day.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Are you kidding me?! Okay, you might be taking job interviews, but you are acting like some surfing ho daddy in Hawaii. You're an adult. You got to be better with your money.
Axl: Oh, my God. Here we go! I'm good with money.
Frankie: That's hilarious. You're gonna be getting a paycheck. You need a new bank account with checks and registers...
Axl: All right, all right, I got it.
Frankie: No! You don't got it! You have to keep up with how much money you have in your account, you need cash when you leave the house. These are the things that separate a true adult from a man-child.
Axl: Wow. And I let you touch me and everything.

Quote from Frankie

Mort: [sighs] Kids. No one tells you how they're gonna wreck your life. [Frankie sighs] Cash or credit?
Frankie: Ugh. Credit.
Mort: [beep] Wow. That's the fastest decline I ever got.
Frankie: What? It's declined? That can't be right. Can you try again? We have better luck with second swipes.
Mort: [beep] Nope.
Frankie: [sighs] Okay, listen, I just came down pretty hard on my son for being irresponsible with money, so this isn't an ideal time for this to be happening. Maybe you and I can work something out, like you let me have the suit and I'll pay you next mth.
Mort: Why would I agree to that? You're obviously bad with money.
Frankie: Fine. [sighs] Maybe I have enough cash. [laughs] Let's see... We got twenty... three... Ooh! Look! I got a free water bottle from the gym. That's worth, what, like 10 bucks?
Mort: Ma'am.
Frankie: Ooh! Hah! A 20% off at the Orson Escape Room. We did that as a family. So fun.
Mort: Ma'am.
Frankie: How about change? You take change, right? I've got tons of change. [gasps] A marble. I've heard of vintage marbles going for $5,000, so... I think we're there.

Quote from Frankie

Axl: Hey, look at this... even got room for this guy.
Frankie: Nice. Well, get ready to be exhausted and miserable, 'cause you are so getting a job now.
Axl: Yeah! [chuckles] Um... yeah. Here's the thing, Mom. Uh... [inhales sharply] [groans] This whole time, I was... kind of blaming the suit, but I think the problem might have been me.
Frankie: What?
Axl: Yeah. I don't know. I think I just got kind of overwhelmed in there and kind of froze. I mean, it's a lot. Graduation's coming up, all my friends are getting jobs, and I'm just starting to think it might not happen for me. And why should it? I know nothing. Four years, I've been studying business. I literally have no idea what it is.
Frankie: Axl, let me tell you something... Now, I know this is gonna go against everything you know about me, but... I am not a terrible dental assistant. I actually know what I'm doing now. But in the beginning, I was so overwhelmed. I would try to pass the instruments, and all I would hear Dr. Goodwin say is, [as Goodwin] "No, not that one... that one!" [normal voice] And all I hear the patients say is, "Ow! That's my tongue!"
Axl: Okay, but, like, so, I find someone who's willing to hire me, then I show up on my first day, and... how will I know what I'm supposed to do?!
Frankie: Oh, you won't. But eventually, you'll figure it out. And then you'll have kids, and you'll be out-of-your-mind scared all over again. You know, it's funny, 'cause when you're young, you're never scared, but when you become an adult, you're scared all the time. I think that's how you know you're an adult... even more than carrying a wallet. [Axl puts his arms out for Frankie to hug him] Oh! [chuckles] [squeals]
Axl: Mom. Mom! Not on the suit.

Quote from Mike

Frankie: [v.o.] Ah, resort season... when the umbrellas go up, the fresh towels go down, and the sparkling pool awaits.
Mike: [frog croaks] Sorry, buddy. See you next summer.

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