Frankie: [answers phone] Hello? Hi, Mom. What? Yeah, I-I would love that. She wants to drive down and meet me at the mall for Black Friday. Yeah. You know, that's... that a long way for you. I could meet you halfway at the one at Decatur. I know I'm sorry we've been fighting. I know. I love you, too. I'll see you tomorrow. All right. I love you. Yeah. Love you. [hangs up]
Rusty: It's nice how y-you guys say "I love you" to each other all the time or somethin' there, huh?
Frankie: Well, you know us. We're pretty gushy folks. Gets a little silly sometimes.
Rusty: It's not silly. It's nice. It's really nice.
Frankie: Oh. I know there's not a lot of that in your family.
Rusty: Oh, no. We don't go in for that.
Frankie: Yeah.
Rusty: Uh, you know, once a waitress told me... She said that if my father had told me he loved me just once, that my life would've turned out complete differently.
Frankie: Oh, Rusty.
Rusty: Yeah. You would've liked her.

Lisa: [o.s.] Wow, Brick. This is very impressive.
Brick: [o.s.] Thank you.
Lisa: [o.s.] And you've read all these?
Brick: [o.s.] Sure have.
Bob: [storms into Brick's room] Oh, e-excuse me. I thought this was the bathroom. Whatcha doin'?
Lisa: Brick was just showing me his books. He's got an amazing collection.
Bob: Oh, really? I showed Lisa my car when I drove her here. 'Cause I have a car and a driver's license. Do you have a driver's license, Brick?
Lisa: No, but I have a library card.
Bob: Oh, yeah? I stayed up till midnight last night. How about you?

Frankie: Guess what, Mike? Your family is not fine. Your brother is crying out for love.
Mike: What?
Frankie: You know what he just told me? That if he had ever heard your father say "I love you," it would change his entire life.
Mike: Rusty said that? To you?
Frankie: Well, a waitress said it to him, and he told me, but it was very emotional. Your brother has never heard your father say "I love you," and he has been craving it all these years, and now he's reaching out through the waitress to me, to you, to your dad.
Mike: Was this in a local restaurant?
Frankie: Oh, Mike. You're not getting this. This is huge. That's why you're all the way you are. And you know what you have to do now, don't you? You have to tell your father you love him.
Mike: Oh, my God.
Frankie: Words are powerful, Mike. If you say "I love you" to your dad, then he'll be able to say it back to you and then to your brother. And then you'll all just unlock, and you'll be able to talk to each other about this stuff. And then a floodgate will be opened and everything that you've ever wanted to say to each other will just come pouring out.
Mike: That sounds awful.
Frankie: Mike.
Mike: Not happening.

Bob: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Axl: Okay.
Bob: I know you and your brother have had trouble in the past. Maybe we could help each other out. Does he have any weaknesses, vulnerabilities?
Axl: Bob, are you scared that my 9-year-old brother is gonna steal your girlfriend?
Bob: So allergies maybe?

Sue: Ooh, if we play football after dinner, I call Dad on my team.
Frankie: Mm-hmm.
Sue: When you and Uncle Rusty were kids, did you used to play football on Thanksgiving?
Mike: Uh... You know, I guess we did. It was just so long ago. Did we, Rusty?
Rusty: Well, I remember we played, uh, poker after dinner. And, uh, we'd use peanuts for chips, and, uh, before you knew it, your dad and I would be shoving peanuts way up our nose, and then we'd... We'd shoot them out at the TV. He was really good at it.

Big Mike: These mashed potatoes are sure something else.
Frankie: [v.o.] Well, who would've thought "I love you" would turn out to be the biggest wet blanket ever thrown over a Thanksgiving dinner? But then two hours later, the Colts won...
Rusty: Yes! What a comeback!
Big Mike: Oh! How about that?
Frankie: [v.o.] And what we couldn't solve in five days, Peon Manning solved in five seconds.
Big Mike: Well, I appreciate the hospitality these past few days, but I'd best be getting back to my place.
Rusty: Well, at least, uh, let me drive you, you know? You probably shouldn't be driving yourself.
Big Mike: Well, if you're gonna drive me there, might as well stay the night.
Rusty: Yeah, I could pitch my tent in the yard.
Big Mike: Well, if you're gonna pitch your tent, you might as well come inside.
Rusty: Well, if I come inside, I might as well, uh, move some stuff around in your place. You know, fix you some meals, and, uh, till you get rid of the walker.
Big Mike: Okay. Suit yourself.
Rusty: Yeah. Suits me.

Frankie: [v.o.] Thanksgiving means a lot of things... the food, the traditions, but mostly it means family traveling far and wide to be together. Even when times are hard, you know the holiday will be worthwhile if family's coming.
Frankie: [on the phone] You're not coming? Why? It's not a tone. My tone is upset, Mom. I'm upset. But we were gonna do the Black Friday sales together and use Dad's handicapped placard to park close. No, don't send the placard. That is not the point. Well, if you're not coming, then send the placard. [hangs up]
Mike: What? [Frankie talks and sobs] Okay. We talked about this before. Cry first, then talk.
Frankie: Mom is going to Janet's house for Thanksgiving again, because she doesn't want to miss Lucy's ballet recital.
Mike: Who the hell has a ballet recital on Thanksgiving?
Frankie: Thank you!

Mike: Hey, uh... this stuff is kinda piling up here. Have you seen my dad lately?
Mailman: No, not since they took him away in the ambulance.

Frankie: [on the phone] We were taking turns. That was the rule. And then you swoop in with Lucy's ballet recital. May I finish? Fine. Forget it. [hangs up]
Sue: Mom, I found two apple pie recipes. Which one do you think would taste better?
Frankie: This one. [phone rings] If it's aunt Janet, don't answer it.

Frankie: [on the phone] I got her for labor day? Oh, please. You don't have a leg to stand on, and you know it.
Sue: Ow!
Frankie: Uh, I got a bleeder. [hangs up] Okay. That's not so bad. Here. Just rinse it off in the bathroom and keep it elevated. I-I'll get the blood out of the apples.