Mike Quote #285
Quote from Mike in hecks on a plane
Mike: Frankie, wait a minute.
Frankie: What are we doing? What do you mean? We're going to New York. Let's hurry, so we can get seats together.
Mike: Yeah, hold on. Hold on. We're closer to Indiana at this point. Maybe we should just go home.
Frankie: What? Why?
Mike: Because this trip so far has been a disaster, and I don't feel like driving for nine hours on a bus into a snowstorm.
Frankie: Well, you have to. You know, we're lucky. We were sitting on a couch, wishing for something exciting to happen, and it did! We won this trip! And now you just want to throw in the towel? You wanna just go back home, go back to that couch? There's a whole big world out there, Mike, and you are missing it!
Mike: I circled over it for eight hours. I've seen enough.
The Middle Quotes
‘hecks on a plane’ Quotes
Quote from Mike
Mike: I gotta get up.
Frankie: Mike, you can't. The "fasten seat belt" sign is still on.
Mike: Frankie, you don't know what it's like to be jammed in that seat. Every seat is giant to you.
Frankie: Look, just close your eyes and go to sleep.
Mike: I can't sleep. What if something happens?
Frankie: So what if it does? You're not flying the plane. There's nothing you can do.
Mike: Oh, no. I have to be ready. What if there's an emergency? People look to tall people in emergencies. We're the lighthouses of society.
Quote from Brick
Frankie: Hey, everybody. Hi. Sorry to bother you, but we are looking for a 9-year-old boy, so if everybody could get up and just look around you.
Sue: [o.s.] Found him.
Frankie: Oh! Okay. Thanks, everybody. Never mind. Found him. We're good.
[Brick is sitting in a storage cabinet reading]
Brick: I got this from a sleeping woman. It's about menopause, but I don't even care. [whispers] Menopause.
Quote from Frankie
Mike: This is nuts. I don't have to be in control. If there's a control freak in this family, it's you.
Frankie: What? Me? [chuckles] You're gonna have to reach pretty far back to make that case.
[flashback to this morning:]
Frankie: We're all wearing orange, so nobody gets lost.
[flashback to the plane:]
Frankie: If you two could just scootch over one toward the window... Sir, then if you could take the aisle seat?
[present:]
Frankie: You think that's being a control freak? Do you? Do you, Mike? 'Cause it's not. You know what that's called? Being a mom. I packed everyone's suitcases, made the snacks, checked the tickets, made sure nobody gets lost, and what do you do? You take a shower, and you waltz out the door. But I have to dot, because if I didn't, this family would never get anywhere! I'm not in control because I like to be. I'm in control because I have to be.
Mike: Where are those snacks again?
Frankie: Okay, you know what? I'm done. No. That's it. You wanna be in control? You're in charge of the whole family. I'm just a passenger. Mm-hmm. A passenger who is going to enjoy having someone cater to her needs in first class.