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Last Whiff of Summer

‘Last Whiff of Summer’

Season 4, Episode 1 -  Aired September 26, 2012

When the summer begins, Frankie and Mike are determined to get the kids away from their phones and screens and out having fun. Meanwhile, Mike unwisely lets it slip that he has a favorite kid, Axl is forced to attend summer school, Sue tries to bond with her dad, and Brick grows a tomato.

Quote from Sue

Sue: What's going on? Is Axl in some kind of trouble?
Frankie: Uh, yeah, your brother may not be going to college.
Axl: Chillax. I got, like, two schools fighting over me.
Mike: Not if you don't finish high school, you don't.
Sue: You know, my report card was quite good. I could maybe tack it up here on the fridge for you to peruse at your leisure.

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Quote from Sue

Brick: You're trying way too hard with dad, Sue. It's getting embarrassing.
Sue: Uh... [scoffs] I think the collage I made of us making collages would beg to differ. I have made a lot of good headway.

Quote from Brick

Frankie: [v.o.] As July turned into August, the only healthy relationship left in the house was Brick and his tomato. It grew so big he needed to find support for it.
[Brick's tomato is held up by a Maxi-Pad]
Frankie: [o.s.] Brick!
Frankie: [v.o.] And then he found other support for it.
[Brick's tomato is held up by a pink bra]
Sue: [o.s.] Brick!

Quote from Axl

Frankie: [v.o.] I'd like to say we were making the same progress on our summer... But I wasn't throwing in the towel just yet.
Frankie: Guys, come on. It's a beautiful day out there, and I'm about to show you some real fun. Guess what I used to do when I was a kid.
Axl: Ride dinosaurs?
Frankie: Yes, 'cause I'm a billion years old. Come on. You're gonna love it.

Quote from Brick

Frankie: All right. So, uh, listen, just off the top of my head, you know, totally unrelated to this discussion, summer's almost over. So if there's anything, anything at all that you wanted to do, I'd certainly do my best to try and make it happen.
Brick: Really? Well, actually, I read that the River County fair is having a big tomato contest. The winner gets a trophy and a shout-out on the River Soil web site.
Frankie: Ugh. Brick, it's three hours away.
Brick: It'll probably get you 20 points.
Frankie: [sighs] Fine.

Quote from Axl

Axl: Aah!
Frankie: Axl, come on. This could be our last summer together as a family. Don't you want to get some of "this" before you're out there dealing with all that?
Axl: Oh, my God. Isn't "this" over yet?
Frankie: It's not this.
Axl: It's "this." Well, I want to do this, this, and... [imitates gunshot] This.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: I cannot believe that you would do something so moronic.
Frankie: As I said, we could all use a minute. Let's just get a fried pie, a couple fried marshmallows. There's a fried butter stand right in there.

Quote from Sue

Sue: I ate unwashed fruit! Well, I'm not helping. No, I'm not gonna help go get it, even if somebody asks me... to.
Frankie: [v.o.] As Sue watched the family take off, she realized that whether she joined us or not, no one would notice. The only way she was gonna get our attention was to... disappear.

Quote from Sue

Frankie: [v.o.] So Sue walked the midway for what seemed like forever, trying to get lost, but hoping to be found.
Sue: Hi. Uh, my name is Sue Heck. Has anyone tried to find me yet?
Woman: No. I don't think so. Are you lost?
Sue: Well, no, not yet. But probably soon. I'll just wait over here.

Quote from Sue

Boy: Are you here 'cause you're in trouble?
Sue: Oh. No. No, no, no, no. I-I'm a nice girl. Oh. See? You know, it's a really crowded fair, so sometimes it takes them a while to notice you're missing.
Mother: [enters] Oscar, thank God! Oh. That was the longest four minutes of our lives.
Father: We don't know what we would've done without you.
Mother: Never do that to us again.
Father:All right. Let's get some ice cream.

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