Mike Quote #280
Quote from Mike in hecks on a plane
Frankie: Oh, I think I see it. Mike, it's New York! Kids, look, we're here, and it's snowing. New York in the snow. How lucky are we? This is gonna be the best trip ever!
Pilot: [over PA] Sorry, folks. Looks like the entire Eastern seaboard is socked in by the snowstorm. We're gonna be circling till they dig out the runway and give us clearance to land. Shouldn't be more than a couple hours.
Mike: [groans]
Frankie: Okay, Mike, try not to think about it. Just put your seat back and relax.
Mike: [seat barely budges] Oh, yeah. That's better.
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‘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.