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Super Sunday

‘Super Sunday’

Season 2, Episode 13 -  Aired January 19, 2011

Mike is delighted when he finally gets Brick to show an interest in football ahead of Super Bowl weekend. Meanwhile, Frankie thinks her career prospects are looking up when Mr. Ehlert asks her to join him at a management seminar.

Quote from Brick

Axl: Hey, Dad, can I watch the Super Bowl countdown with you? Oh! I forgot. This is suck town! Chopped down by the ax man! Timber! [chuckles]
Mike: That's fine. I'm watching with Brick.
Axl: Ha. That's hilarious.
Mike: So, Brick, what do you think is the key to tomorrow's game?
Brick: One word... turnovers. And not just 'cause it's three syllables.
Mike: Hmm.
Axl: Okay.
Mike: Turnovers are the key to win. A lot of people don't recognize that. You got that right away. Excellent.
Axl: Bye.
Brick: By the way, Dad, did you know that blue shirt you wear... With the numbers is for a team from Indianapolis? They're called the Colts.

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Quote from Frankie

Bob: Ooh. Nice briefcase.
Frankie: Thanks. It's from Brick's old Halloween costume. Sue went as an Oscar, so she made Brick go as a guy from Price Waterhouse.

Quote from Mr. Ehlert

Frankie: So, Mr. Ehlert... about the seminar that we are going to... Really honored that you picked me... For the seminar that we're going to. I just hope we're not late for that session on...
Mr. Ehlert: come on, Frances. You're a smart woman. You know there's no seminar.
Frankie: Oh, no. Okay, I just want to remind you, Mr. Ehlert, that my husband is quite tall, and he gets very jealous.
Mr. Ehlert: Oh, jeez. Get over yourself. If I wanted to cheat on my wife, I'd go to a big city and do it with an ethnic gal. You're taking me to my colonoscopy.
Frankie: Wait. Your what now?
Mr. Ehlert: My colonoscopy. There's only two doctors who do 'em in Orson, and I sold both of 'em lemons, so I gotta get it done in Indy.
Frankie: Hold on. But what about the seminar? I mean, I read up on variable rate auto loans. And I thought you saw potential in me.
Mr. Ehlert: I do. Potential to drive me back tonight. I'll be under a light anesthesia.
Frankie: So you lied to me? All of this is just a big lie to get me to drive you to your colonoscopy?
Mr. Ehlert: Oh, stop whining, Frances. I couldn't let the other guys know about this. I need them to respect me.
Frankie: What about my respect?!
Mr. Ehlert: Not following you. Now be a good girl and rub my shoulders. I get very tense when I drive.

Quote from Brick

Brick: Most people think the Colts lost last year because Peyton Manning threw that pick-6, but really it's because they couldn't defend against Pierre Thomas on critical downs.
Mike: I just realized this is the longest conversation we've had that wasn't about something you accidentally swallowed.
Brick: Hmm. I guess you're right.
Mike: See, and the great part is, you can talk about this stuff with any guy.

Quote from Mr. Ehlert

Frankie: [v.o.] I don't know exactly which level of hell it is where you're forced to see your boss in a hospital gown, but it's pretty far down there. Thankfully, we were in the home stretch, and this nightmare was almost over.
Nurse: And have you eaten any solid food in the past 12 hours?
Mr. Ehlert: Uh, no.
Frankie: Yeah, right. He was hitting drive-thrus like he was in a contest.
Nurse: Well, we can't do the procedure if he ate. We're gonna have to reschedule for tomorrow morning.
Frankie: Tomorrow? No, no, no. What are you saying? That we're supposed to drive all the way back to Orson and then come back in the morning?
Mr. Ehlert: Simmer down, Frances. I'm not about to inconvenience you.
[cut to Frankie trying to sleep on the RV's couch]

Quote from Brad

Brad: We'll be competing here in 24 hours. I want you to feel the space. Sense the flow. Be the flow. Now quick, allemande left! [Sue groans] No, Sue, that's your right. Your right!
Sue: I'm sorry.
Brad: What's going on with you? We have to perform tomorrow, and you still don't get it.
Sue: Maybe I'm just not a dancer.
Brad: I know, but I am, or... I'm supposed to be. This is pretty much all I've got.
Sue: What do u mean?
Brad: I'm not an athlete like you, Sue.
Sue: But you have so many friends... Genny, Claire, Bella, Carly. And you're good at everything... cooking, tapping, creating centerpieces out of everyday objects.
Brad: But those skills aren't always appreciated in junior high. Sometimes people make fun of those things.
Sue: Brad, if you could win Square Dancing with the Stars, you would not be made fun of ever again.
Brad: Sue, we're not gonna win. Maybe I should just stay home tomorrow and watch that thing that's on TV with my dad.

Quote from Sue

Sue: We can't win, but you can. During our freestyle solo, I'll stand still, and you dance around me.
Brad: You think that would work?
Sue: I may not be able to dance, but there's one thing I can do really well, and that's stand perfectly still. It's why I've never been stung by a bee.

Quote from Brick

Frankie: [v.o.] So while I spent the next day continuing my descent into the inferno, Mike was in man heaven.
Guys: [chant] Super Bowl! Super Bowl! Super Bowl!
Brick: Did you know that Super Bowl XII was thee first Super Bowl played in a domed stadium?
Bill: This the same kid who used to rub ketchup packets?
Mike: Oh, he still does that, but what do I care when he can tell me who invented the nickel defense?
Brick: Jerry Williams.
Mike: That's my boy!

Quote from Brick

Jim: You're missing the coin toss. Heads! Yes!
Brick: Did you know, the majority of teams who won the coin toss lost the game?
Jim: I don't want to hear that right now.
Brick: The odds of the team winning the coin toss and then winning the Super Bowl are 1 in 2.15. Of course, if you mean calling and winning the toss, the odds are...

Quote from Mr. Ehlert

Frankie: [v.o.] It's true, what they say. The Super Bowl is the most emotional time for men, but I was having an R.V. full of emotions myself.
Mr. Ehlert: Look, I know this whole quitting thing was just a little lady drama, and, uh, maybe it's the oxy talking, but, uh, I'm willing to forget about it, because, uh, well, you've got me in a little pickle here. 'Cause I was gonna threaten to fire you if you ever said anything about this, but now I can't... So, uh, how about you come back, and instead of 5% commission, I give you 5 1/2 to keep your mouth shut?
Frankie: You know, Mr. Ehlert, I don't care how rich you are. I'm not gonna let you keep treating me this way. I'm someone you can't buy, not for a lousy 5 1/2%. Even 6% would be a massive insult. 7%... I'm still hating you. Nine might almost forgive missing the Super Bowl with my husband. 20% and I'm listening.
Mr. Ehlert: 9.
Frankie: Deal.
Mr. Ehlert: Hell, you don't need no seminar.

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