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Not So Silent Night

‘Not So Silent Night’

Season 7, Episode 10 -  Aired December 9, 2015

Fed up of always being late for the church service and ending up in the overflow room, Frankie decides that this year the family will watch a Christmas Eve service on TV. Unfortunately, a computer malfunction means it's anything but a silent night for the Hecks.

Quote from Axl

Axl: Damn it. [gasps] The greatest moment of our lives, and now it's lost to the world forever. [groans] The light was streaming in through the hall and backlit my hair while I was flipping!
Sue: Stop talking about you, Axl! It's not about you!
Axl: Oh, yeah, let's talk about you!

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Quote from Frankie

Brick: I can't believe you never liked perfume cat.
Frankie: Not the time, Brick! Oh! The marines at Thanksgiving.
Sue: It's not my fault! It's technology's fault! [doorbell rings]
Frankie: Who the hell comes to the door on Christmas Eve?! What kind of person...
[Frankie opens the door]
Nancy & the carolers: [sing] Joy to the world The lord is...
[Frankie slams the door shut]
Frankie: Where is the box?!

Quote from Brick

Frankie: God, if we don't have computer pictures and we don't have picture pictures, we have nothing! Our history is gone!
Brick: I can't remember anything without pictures! What did I eat for breakfast today? See? Gone!

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: [sobs]
Sue: Hey, Mom. Hey, hey. Shh, shh, shh, shh! Look. I have a camera. Yeah. We'll take new pictures. See? Just like... yeah.
Frankie: [wails]
Frankie: [v.o.] So, it wasn't looking like the happiest of Heckidays this Christmas, but God bless the kids for trying to save it.

Quote from Axl

Frankie: [sobs]
Axl: Hey! Uh... How you doing, Mom? You, uh, still crying, huh? [sobbing continues] Hey, uh, you want to hug me? You like to hug me, right? I'll let you hug me. Come on. [sobbing continues] Hey, you want to ruffle my hair? I just washed it yesterday.

Quote from Axl

Axl: Okay, this is not like the time they forgot her curly fries. This is bad. She wouldn't even hug me. [Sue gasps]

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: Aww! Here's Sue as a baby.
Sue: Aww!
Frankie: Oh! And here's Axl.
Brick: Is this one of me?
Frankie: Sure.
Frankie: [v.o.] What are pictures, anyway? Little moments of time you freeze so you can save them forever.
But sometimes, the memories that really stick with you are the ones you'd rather forget.

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