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Leap Year

‘Leap Year’

Season 3, Episode 18 -  Aired February 29, 2012

Sue is excited for her once-every-four-year birthday celebration on February 29, even though Frankie makes it clear there will be no surprise party. Meanwhile, Frankie discovers Mike has been taking care of a stray cat at work for years, Axl gets so bored he starts vacuuming the house, and a girl joins Brick's social skills group just as the school gets ready to pull the funding.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Presents!
Sue: Aah! Oh, the Bumblebee sweater I wanted! [gasps] Matt loves me in yellow! Aw, thanks, Mom.
Frankie: You are very welcome.
Sue: Your old phone. [gasps] My new phone! Aah! [flips the phone open] Hello? Yes, this is Sue. Why, yes, this is my leap year birthday. [giggles] [finds a whisk]
Frankie: Oh, that's not for you... Unless you like it.
Sue: Why? Is it a clue? [gasps] Oh. Are you whisking me away somewhere?
Frankie: Yes! To... The kitchen! For cake!
Sue: Yay!
Frankie: [whispers to Mike, Axl and Brick] Cake. [to Sue] We got you good.

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Quote from Brick

Frankie: Thanks for helping out tonight, Brick.
Brick: Hey, how often do you get to eat cake at 4:00 in the morning?
Frankie: Mm. So you like this girl, huh?
Brick: Mom.
Frankie: No, you know, here's the thing. You liking someone is actually very social, so that's a good thing, and I shouldn't have been so negative about it. I'm sorry.
Brick: I feel like maybe next week she'll bite me.
Frankie: Here's hopin'.

Quote from Mike

Frankie: [v.o.] Yep. Sue's optimism even rubbed off on Mike.
Mike: [a cat wanders into the cabin] Hey. You look like a tough little guy. Kind of like Granite. Come here, Ggranite. [cat growls] I get it. I'm the same way. Take your time.
Frankie: [v.o.] Turns out Mike wasn't quite done loving things after all.

Quote from Brick

Mrs. Tompkins: Now, Brick, can you think of something you could say to compliment Henry?
Brick: I like your shirt.
Henry: [loudly] Thank you!
Brick: I don't really like his shirt.
Mrs. Tompkins: Remember how we talked about using our internal editor?
Brick: Oh, I did. I don't like his shoes, either.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: What the hell?
Axl: [vacuuming] I know. Are you happy? This is how bored I am.
Frankie: Wow. Can you be bored in the hallway where Brick was eating Cheerios?

Quote from Axl

Frankie: Hey, is your dad home?
Brick: Nope. I actually haven't seen him much in a couple days. His role in my life has really dwindled.
Axl: Maybe he couldn't take it any more and finally left. Frankly, I give him credit for staying this long.

Quote from Brick

Frankie: [v.o.] Oddly, introducing a girl into this group of oddballs focused them in a way that making pudding and building LEGOs never had.
Henry: [loudly] I feel very excited right now, and I don't know why!
Brick: Hayley, did you know that LEGO comes from the Danish word "leg godt", which means "play well"? It also means "I put together" in Latin.
Frankie: [v.o.] So even if it was a clerical error, nobody minded. It's almost like she was an angel sent to unify this band of lost boys.
Hayley: Theo, will you pass me those yellow pieces? [bites Theo's arm]
Theo: Ow!
Frankie: [v.o.] And bite them.
Henry: She's a biter!
Brick: Who cares? [whispers] Who cares?

Quote from Axl

Axl: Hey. Check it out. I found all these sick attachments! Locked and loaded. [chuckles] Huh? Boo! It's like a slot machine!
Frankie: Hey, any winnings belong to the house.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Oh, no. Brick, did you know about this? This says they're ending social group because of budget cuts. They can't do this. You're not fixed yet.
Brick: What? But I love social group.
Frankie: You do?
Axl: Hey! Check it out! It does curtains, too!
Frankie: I don't know the men in this house at all.

Quote from Brick

Brick: We gotta save social group.
Theo: How?
Brick: Well, the school won't pay for the janitor to stay late and keep the school open any more, so I think...
Corey: Maybe they'll let us lock up the school ourselves.
Brick: You guys know why we're here, right?
Theo: My mom says I'm normal.
Brick: She's lying.
Zack: What does the janitor do, anyways?
Scott: Cleans up our barf.
Zack: Well, what if we promise not to barf?
Corey: I can't do that. I have acid reflux from nerves.
Brick: I say we raise the money to pay the janitor ourselves.
Zack: Meow.
Brick: Zack's on board.

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