Frankie: [v.o.] Out here in the middle, men live by an unspoken code. You shake, not hug. You never pay to have something done you can do yourself, and you don't go to the doctor unless... Well, you don't go to the doctor.
Mike: I'm not going to the doctor.
Frankie: Come on. Just go in for a physical. Look, they're raising our deductible next month, so if you're gonna get a horrible disease, get it now while it's still cheap.
Mike: Hey, if something comes along, I can take care of it myself.
Frankie: [v.o.] Mike's school of medicine was not the same as mine.
[montage:]
Mike: My heart just stopped. Oh, there it goes.
Mike: When did this mole get here? [cuts it off with a knife]
Mike: Shoulder popped out again. [bangs it against the wall] Aah! That's better.

Frankie: Okay, wait. You think I need diapers? Oh, this is just... Oh, my God. How old do you think I am?
Stock Boy: Is it okay if don't answer that?
Frankie: Look, I might sneeze-pee once in a while, but I don't need diapers. Do you see any gray there? No! That's 100% chestnut brown.
Stock Boy: That's over in aisle 12.
Frankie: I mean, come on. These are for... [puts on glasses] Geriatric bladder control. Do I look geriatric? I could easily have a baby. I choose not to. These are for old, creaky people who are way older than me. [to an old woman] Not you. I'm sorry. I-I'm a little flustered. I have a daughter with a dripping baby.
Old Woman: I understand. I'm a grandma, too.
Frankie: I'm not a grandma! Just take me to the diapers... For babies. Which I could have!

Frankie: Okay, Brick, here's the thing. Lying is absolutely 100% bad. It's just that sometimes you do it to protect people that you care about. Like when somebody gets a bad haircut, You still say, "Nice haircut."
Brick: Well, if you didn't want me to get a candy bar, why couldn't you just say no?
[flashback:]
Brick: But why not? But why not? But why not? But why not? But why not?
[present:]
Frankie: [to Brick] It's just, sometimes a little lie makes life easier. You get it?
Mike: Whoa. Why aren't you ready? What's going on? Why is all this water on the floor?
Brick: I found a spider under the porch. It was a golden silk orb weaver, so I brought it in to show mom, but I accidentally dropped it in the tub, and she freaked out, so I tried to get it out before it drowned, but it was too late, so I flushed it, which means if you want to see it, now you can't, because it's gone. Nice haircut.
Frankie: [v.o.] I didn't know whether to be impressed or horrified. My son had lied for me. I was in the clear. Except I forgot one little thing. Brick had a tell.
Brick: [whispers] I'm lying.