Frankie: [v.o.] Now the one person whose permanent record you don't wanna mess with is Sue. She knew with a little planning, there had to be a way to beat the sweep. She tried cutting through the auditorium...
Hall Monitor: Tardy sweep!
Frankie: [v.o.] Same with the cafeteria.
Hall Monitor: Tardy sweep!
Frankie: [v.o.] She even tried a shortcut outside the building.
Hall Monitor: [o.s.] Tardy sweep!
Frankie: [v.o.] Finally, after studying the map all weekend, she cracked it. She learned the quickest way was through Mr. Bertram's shop class. All that cross country had paid off. Sue was gonna make it to her locker right on schedule. If only Lucy Howard hadn't developed over the summer, and Steve Johnson hadn't taken notice of it. [boy and girl kiss in front of Sue's locker]
Sue: Um, excuse me, uh, I need to get to my locker, please. Ugh! Um, don't know if you know, but if you're late to class, you're gonna be tardy, and it could go on your permanent record!
Hall Monitor: Tardy sweep!
Sue: Ugh! See?!
Frankie: [v.o.] So the next day, she moved to plan "e." If she couldn't stop at her locker, she was just gonna have to bring her locker with her.
[Sue walks out the girls' locker room wearing a heavy backpack. As she struggles with the weight, she puts on a pair of goggles as she cuts through the shop class. Sue grunts as she climbs the stairs with her backpack. She rolls her eyes as she sees the couple kissing in front of her locker again. As Sue tries to adjust the weight on her back, she tips over and falls back onto the ground.]
Sue: Hey! A little-- A little help? A little-- A little help here, please? If someone could just give me a hand? [they take photos] Oh, Axl! [he walks away]

Frankie: You didn't flip your sister? What is the matter with you? I cannot believe you wouldn't flip your sister!
Axl: It's embarrassing!
Frankie: Doesn't matter, Axl. You flip. You flip your family!
Axl: You weren't there. Look.
Frankie: Oh, you can't stop to flip your sister, but you have time to take a picture?
Axl: Worse. I got sent a picture of "turtle girl" by 37 different people!
Frankie: Oh, no.
Axl: Thank you! Do you get it now? Do you see how she is ruining my life?
Frankie: What about turtle girl's feelings? You ever think how turtle girl feels?
Axl: Turtle girl never had anything to lose!
Sue: Stop calling me turtle girl!

Brick: Last again. I'm always last.
Frankie: You're not always last.
Brick: I am too! Whenever you write a card, you sign it "Mike, Frankie, Axl, Sue and Brick". I'm sick of being "and Brick."
Frankie: I told you, it's a random order!
Sue: Then how come Dad's always first?
Axl: 'Cause Dad's in charge.
Frankie: He's not in charge. I'm in charge. Tell them, Mike. Tell them I'm in charge.
Mike: You heard her. When I'm not home, your mom's in charge.
Frankie: Mike!

Sue: Well, I would like to make something perfectly clear Axl is not in charge of me.
Axl: Pfft. You think I wanna be in charge of you? You think I wanna drive you, flip you, with all this responsibility? I hate being the oldest!
Sue: Well, it's better than being in the middle, where nobody notices you!
Brick: I've been eating old candy canes for breakfast every day this week. You want to be unnoticed? Try being "and Brick."
Sue: No, you don't understand...
Axl: Oh, my God, what other terrible life...
Frankie: Hey, everybody knock it off! [bickering continues until Mike whistles] Okay, I've had enough. Everybody go to your room. [Mike nods]
Frankie: Wait, wait, wait. Why did you look at him? Okay, you know what? Don't go to your room. Everybody stay here! [Mike nods] [Frankie walks off]

Mike: Hey, did you talk to Brick's teacher yet?
Frankie: No, but now that you said it, I'll make sure I run right down there, 'cause after all, you are the boss of me.
Mike: You know, Frankie, if the kids think I'm in charge, it's kinda your fault.
Frankie: Oh, really? It's my fault? How do you figure?
Mike: I'm just saying, maybe you played the "Dad" card one too many times.
[flashback to Frankie scolding her young children for crashing a toy into the television:]
Frankie: Your dad's gonna be home in five minutes, and he is not gonna be happy. Seriously, I don't know what he's gonna do.
[flashback to Frankie talking to Axl:]
Frankie: If it were up to me, I'd totally let you, but I just don't think your dad will go for it.
[flashback:
Frankie: Oh, let's see how long that smirk's on your face when I tell your dad about this.

Frankie: Oh, please. Just because I occasionally call you in for backup does not make you in charge.
Mike: You ever see the godfather call for backup?
Frankie: Okay, you know what?The only reason that you have any power whatsoever is because I gave it to you. You're in a puppet presidency, mister. You may be moving your mouth, but it's my words coming out.
Mike: Oh, you're full of words, all right. But when something actually has to get done, I'm the one who steps in and makes it happen. You're the yammer. I'm the hammer.
Frankie: [laughs] Okay, hammer. If you're so great at getting things done, why don't you go down and talk to Brick's teacher?
Mike: Fine. I will. See? I said it, and now I'm doing it. You should try that sometime.

Sue: But when you're the middle kid, you kinda disappear.
Axl: I'd kill for less attention. You can get away with whatever you want. You fly under the radar.
Sue: But I don't wanna fly under the radar. I just feel like when you're the-
Axl: Block away. [Sue removes her seat belt and ducks down]
Sue: I just feel like as the middle child, people don't see me. It's like sometimes I'm invisible.
Woman: [in passing car] Hey, Ax-man! [horn honks]
Axl: Yeah, you know it! Maybe feeling invisible is a good thing. Like, because you're the middle kid, you want people to notice you. You just keep trying. [Sue sticks her head up] Not yet.
Sue: Okay.
Axl: I mean... If I turtled like that at school, I would've packed it in and made mom homeschool me, but you're weird. You don't give up. It's actually... Kind of almost impressive. You're like this dork optimist.

Mike: What are you doing? That's not done.
Frankie: No choice, Mike. I can't find the dryer broom, and I need clothes more than dishes right now.

Frankie: [v.o.] The thing is, in a family, people take charge at different times. Sometimes a sister helps out in a way a mom and dad can't.
Sue: You know, Brick, you should really think about going to gym. If you climb to the top of the rope you get a coupon for a free frozen yogurt.
Frankie: [v.o.] Sometimes a kid helps the parent.
Mr. Wilkerson: [on video chat] Mr. Heck. Hey, uh, just following up on that paperwork I asked you to turn in yesterday.
Mike: Hey, Brick? Your teacher's on my computer. I don't wanna talk to him. How do I get rid of this guy?
Brick: Hit "escape." Also, he can hear you.
Frankie: [v.o.] And sometimes, it was a brother who helped a sister make it to class on time, and she never even knew it.
Axl: Hey! Losers! This is someone's locker. Do it under the bleachers like normal people, huh?
Frankie: [v.o.] Alone, we would die, but together...
Axl: Come on, kids. Time for bed.
Mike: Hmm?
Frankie: I can't.
Brick: You've got work in the morning.
Sue: You're gonna be miserable tomorrow if you don't. Let's go.
Frankie: [v.o.] Together, we're barely functional.

Sue: Anyway, my locker's in frosh hall. They call it that because that's where all the frosh lockers are. And at first, I almost couldn't remember my locker combination... Another frosh move. But then, I got-
Axl: Oh, my God, Sue! Would you give it a rest?
Frankie: Excuse me. I am her mother. If I feel she needs to give it a rest, I will tell her to give it a rest.
Sue: So anyway, the froshiest thing I did this week-
Frankie: Okay, Sue, let's give it a... little break.