‘Taking Back the House’
Season 2, Episode 11 - Aired January 5, 2011
Frankie and Mike are fed up of being at their kids' beck and call and decide to retake control of their lives and the house.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up there, mister. You're a little too big to hide. Aha. Wow. Look what we have here. Looks like what we have here is a stump.
Mike: Oh, I'm the stump? No, you're the stump.
Frankie: I can't believe that you would do this. Then you go behind my back and get the umbrella for her so that I look like the bad guy?
Mike: You mean like you went behind my back, stump?
Frankie: [sighs] Okay, look, we were weak, but this doesn't mean that we still can't be strong in the future.
Mike: No, this is a one-time thing.
Frankie: It's just an umbrella. It's not like we're giving up on the whole revolution.
Mike: And now we own the umbrella. I mean, after the show, we can still use it.
Frankie: Yeah. I mean, you can't have too many umbrellas.
Mike: Never. And just 'cause we're giving up on this, doesn't mean we... we gave in on everything.
Frankie: Oh, no, it's not like it's the beginning of the end.
Quote from Axl
Frankie: [v.o.] It was the beginning of the end. In a few weeks, we had slipped back into old habits.
Brick: Yay, cheese!
Frankie: Don't worry. The pineapple slice is for your dad and me.
Axl: What? I love pineapple on pizza now. [Frankie gives the slice to Axl]
Quote from Frankie
Woman: Oh, what's the matter, sweetie? You want your binky? Your bottle? Tell me what you want, and I will get it for you.
Frankie: Stop. Don't do it. Give him what you want him to have. It's too late for me, but you're just starting out. It's not too late for you. Tell your friends. Spread the word.
Frankie: [v.o.] She won't.
Brick: [o.s.] Mom!
Frankie: Coming!
Frankie: [v.o.] So why do we keep running around, doing for our kids, even when it makes our lives hard? 'Cause we love them, and it makes you happy to make them happy. Damn it. That's how they getcha. At least in the end, it's worth it.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: Oh, look! The Little River Band Cover Band is playing at T.J. Schnauser's on Wednesday.
Nancy: I love Little River Band.
Frankie: Me, too. Mike and I used to make out to them when we made out.
Nancy: On a Wednesday night?
Frankie: Yeah. We'll get Sean and Axl to babysit. Oh, it would be so much fun. I haven't been to a concert since the state fair.
Nancy: I don't know if Sean will want to.
Frankie: That is stump mentality. We put a roof over their heads and food on their table. We will tell them they are babysitting. Are you with me, Nancy? We're not just gonna take back our house. We're gonna take back our lives.
Quote from Mike
Frankie: Wow! They were awesome!
Paula: You'd never know the Little River Band Cover Band is not the Little River Band.
Nancy: Yeah. Why haven't we done this before?
Frankie: We should! We should do this every Wednesday. Mike, we're doing it every Wednesday.
Mike: Beer and dollar wings? Hell, yeah, we're doing it every Wednesday.
Quote from Nancy Donahue
Nancy: Oh, no more for us. We gotta head home.
All: What?!
Frankie: No! You can't leave now. They haven't even done Lonesome Loser. You can't leave before Lonesome Loser.
Nancy: It's just, we told Dottie and Shelly we'd be home in time for their bedtime ritual. They love the way Ron says "good night" in the voice of their lambie pie.
Ron: I say... Good [bleats] night. [normal voice] It's like a sheep. They like it.
Quote from Frankie
Mike: Mornin'.
Frankie: Whew! Was I drumming last night? My wrist hurts.
Mike: No, you slipped in Nancy's vomit.
Frankie: Oh. You know, I don't think we're gonna be able to do this every Wednesday.
Mike: Hmm.
Quote from Frankie
Sue: [on the phone] I can either bring a black umbrella or a Hello Kitty one. No, it's okay, Carly. They don't have to match. Well, I have a pink raincoat. Maybe I can cut it into dots and staple it on. I know it's not exactly what we wanted, but our dancing will make up for it.
Mike: Frankie, be strong.
Frankie: I am. I totally am.
Frankie: [v.o.] The truth is, I sort of felt bad. But it was ridiculous. What was I gonna do... go late to work so I could drive by the mall and buy a stupid polka-dot umbrella for a one-time lunch performance? Yes, I was.