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Fight or Flight

‘Fight or Flight’

Season 8, Episode 23 -  Aired May 16, 2017

After Axl announces that he's going to spend the summer in Europe, Mike thinks Axl should stay at home and start looking for job. Meanwhile, Sue panics after she dings a parked SUV, and Brick realizes his recent backaches have been caused by not sitting in his lawn chair.

Quote from Axl

Axl: Oh, I'll send you a postcard from Paris! Arrivedeverci! [laughs]

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Quote from Frankie

Nancy: Congratulations again on Axl. Terrific party. If you have to have a party with store-bought food, this was the way to do it. [holds used plastic cutlery] Can I toss these or did you want to wash them?
Frankie: Oh, ick, Nancy, no, of course, toss them.
Nancy: Congrats again.
Frankie: Oh, thanks, honey.
Nancy: Good night.
Frankie: 'Night! [to Mike] Okay, do you want to fish those out of there?
Mike: Already on it.

Quote from Sue

Sue: [whispering] Don't be a person. Don't be a squirrel. Don't be a person. Don't be a squirrel.

Quote from Sue

Frankie: You mean that thing that looks like an eyelash?
Sue: Yes!
Mike: Oh, honey, I don't think there's any damage there. Looks like you dodged a bullet.
Sue: [sighs] Yeah, well, I left a note, just in case. [Frankie & Mike groan]
Mike: Why'd you go and do that?
Sue: Because it's the right thing to do.
Mike: Come on.
Frankie: No, she's right, Mike. Leaving a note is the right thing to do when you've left an imaginary scratch on someone's car.
Sue: Exactly. Better safe than sorry. Okay, now, I am gonna go to my room and wait for the call. [to Axl] Ah! [gasps] You almost lost me today.

Quote from Brick

Brick: Well, the chair wasn't in the basement. But on the plus side, something dropped from the ceiling and bit me on the face.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: [sighs] Europe. You believe that guy? You know what I was doing the day after I finished college?
Frankie: Interviewing for jobs?
Mike: Interviewing for jobs. But that's not for him. No, looking for work is hard. Flying off to Europe is easy. He's not going, Frankie. There's no way this is happening.
Frankie: Right, exactly. [scoffs] Although... it would be kind of incredibly cool.
Mike: What?
Frankie: Yeah, I-I-I-I'm just, you know, playing devil's advocate... which, if you think about it, is a stupid expression 'cause the devil's a real stinker, it's not like...
Mike: Don't do the yammering thing. Just spit it out.
Frankie: Well, Kenny's paying for the ticket, so, I don't know, maybe he should go.

Quote from Frankie

Sue: Hey, did anyone call for me?
Frankie: No.
Sue: [sighs] No one called my cell, either. Why is the owner of the car not calling me? [gasps] Maybe my handwriting was too shaky 'cause I had just been in an accident... or maybe a bird flew off with the note.
Frankie: Sue, birds don't just fly off with things. [the crow drops Frankie's bra]

Quote from Axl

Mike: Why'd you park the 'Bago in front of the driveway?
Axl: Well, there was a truck in my usual spot. I didn't want to walk all the way down the block. I've been really tired lately.
Mike: Okay, okay, just move it.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: [v.o.] So we got the first Heck ever off to Europe and all because Sue left a note. See? You put good things out into the world and good things come back to you.
[Brick scratches the side of Rob's SUV with his folding chair]
Brick: [gasps] Uh...
Frankie: We'll just tell him on the ride home.

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