Mike: Oh, hey, Sue. How was your party?
Sue: Not great, Dad. Not great.
Mike: Aw. Sorry to hear that. Well, see you in the morning.
Sue: Hey, Dad? Can I ask you something?
Mike: Okay.
Sue: What do boys want?
Mike: Uh, you know, your mom is just down the hallway.
Sue: It's just, I went to this party, and I guess I thought everyone was gonna be in costume like me.
Mike: Aw, Sue, not again. You got to check this stuff out before you go.
Sue: No, everybody was in a costume, just not like me.
[flashback to Sue surrounded by teenagers in skimpier costumes talking to each other:]
Sue: How about Mr. Metzger making us memorize the whole opening of A Tale of Two Cities? Definitely the worst of times, am I right? [a boy rests his rink on Sue's dice costume]

Mike: Aw, I bet they thought you looked cute.
Sue: They used me as a table, dad. I just felt like... I don't know, everybody got some memo or something that I didn't get. I mean, since when do you have to wear a teeny catholic schoolgirl outfit with fishnets to have a conversation?
Mike: You know, your mom really likes to chat at night.
Sue: Is that all boys like? Is that all you liked?
Mike: She's not a deep sleeper. You could just poke her. She'll wake right up.
Sue: I just, I-I need some advice, Dad. What do you think?
Mike: Well, you know, honey, uh, the thing is... What I've found, uh, is... Tomorrow's a new day. [walks off]

Brick: By the way, I was thinking I'd rather not go trick-or-treating with the social group. I sort of prefer trick-or-treating by myself.
Frankie: Yeah, well, Brick, that's kind of why you're in the group.
Brick: But all the kids there are just... Kind of, I don't know, weird.
Frankie: And I suppose you got in there by mistake?
Brick: Hey, I am not the weirdest one.
Frankie: But your teacher said you're in the top five. Listen, when you get to seventh or eighth weirdest, then we can talk.

Sue: It's just, at my school, people don't always, you know, know who I am, and I've always been pretty okay with that, but now I'm in high school and there's just all these boys and and the girls are different and the boys are different, and I am just not on anybody's radar and I don't know exactly why. Is it something I'm doing? Is there something I should be doing?
Mike: Uh, you know... Maybe you could stop dressing like a third-grader.
Sue: Oh, my God.
Mike: Oh, no, Sue, I didn't... I didn't mean...
Sue: No, you're right. I get what you're saying.
Mike: You do?
Sue: Yeah! Yeah, you know, I-I've changed a lot on the inside. Maybe my outsides haven't changed as much. I gotta bring my inner Sue out, like when Beyonce became Sasha fierce. Thanks, Dad.
Mike: Okay, sure. We can talk again, but it feels like we don't need to.

Axl: You want some advice?
Sean: Take it, little Brickster. This man is legendary: agility, speed, candy-to-hand ratio...
Darrin: Half the houses in the neighborhood would run out of candy 'cause of him.
Axl: Wait. Hang on. I'm getting an idea here. What say we go trick-or-treating after all? We clean the neighborhood out of candy, then when they all run out and have a bunch of crying kids kicking their doors down, we show up and sell it all back to them. We sell the suckers back their suckers.
Sean: That's genius.

Brick: So that's a "yes" on the Hemingway? 'Cause with a different belt this could also pass as Salinger. Hello?

Frankie: [v.o.] So Sue took Mike's advice to heart and decided to have her outsides match her insides.
[montage:]
Sue: Teen Vogue says hats are really in. I found this is Aunt Edie's closet.
Sue: Remember when I bought this at that garage sale? I didn't throw it out. I didn't throw it out, and ponchos came back!
Sue: Animal prints very hot for fall. Rawr!

Mike: Axl, is Sue, you know, fitting in at school?
Axl: She's kind of getting a pass right now 'cause everyone thinks she's just one of those freaks who likes to dress up for the whole week of Halloween, but if she carries this into November, I won't be able to help her.
Mike: [sighs] Sue. Hold up a sec.
Sue: Check it out. I turned a grocery bag into a purse.
Mike: Yeah, that's great. Listen, um, here's 20 bucks. After school today, maybe you could stop by the mall and buy yourself a smart outfit. Ask the girl for help.
Sue: Wow. Really? Thanks, Dad!
Mike: Ask the girl!

Frankie: [v.o.] Finally it was Halloween and Axl and his buddies were embracing the spirit of the holiday by setting out to scam their neighbors.
Axl: Remember, just grab and go, no chitchat. Once we hit the whole neighborhood, we come back here, change into new costumes, and go right back at it.
Darrin: Wait. Instead of putting on new costumes, why don't we all just switch?
Sean: Because then we'll just be three guys with the exact same costumes. That won't be any different.
Darrin: I'm not following.
Sean: Just give it a second.
Axl: We could be here all night. Let's go.

Sue: Hey, Dad. So? What do you think?
Mike: Uh...
Sue: I went to the mall, and I almost got this shirt that said, "I believe I can fly," that had a hippo with wings, but then the salesgirl said this is more what high school girls are wearing. Do I look mature?