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Thanksgiving

‘Thanksgiving’

Season 1, Episode 8 -  Aired November 25, 2009

Frankie struggles to adjust her holiday plans when Mr. Ehlert demands his staff work on Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Axl loses Brick in a corn maze.

Quote from Bob

Frankie: [v.o.] So what if we had no Thanksgiving? Just another day, just another dinner. It's not like anyone cared, anyway.
Bob: Guess who made yams with little marshmallows for Thanksgiving dinner?
Frankie: Oh, my God, I forgot to tell you. I canceled that.
Bob: A phone call would've been nice.

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Quote from Mike

Sue: Oh, hey, can I invite Brad over to help?
Mike: It's Thanksgiving. Won't his parents miss him?
Sue: Oh, they're just so excited he has a girlfriend.
Mike: I could see that.
Sue: I wonder what our kids will look like.
Axl: Depends what country you get them from, right?
Mike: Axl.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: [v.o.] There we were, stuck working on Thanksgiving. Waiting for customers who'd never come.
Frankie: This is insane. Nobody is gonna buy a car today. Why are we even here? Oh, my... I just wanna go home, eat with my family, enjoy some holiday savings, and a free hot pretzel. That is my right as an American. He can't take that away.
Bob: Frankie is right. We should say something to Mr. Ehlert.
Frankie: He can't say no to all of us. Right?
Bob: Right.
Frankie: Let's do this.
Bob: Let's go.
[As Frankie and her colleagues walk towards Mr. Ehlert's office, one by one her male co-workers peel off]
Frankie: Mr. Ehlert? [clears throat] We have something to say.
Mr. Ehlert: We?
Frankie: I guess it's I. I have something to say. It's Thanksgiving, Mr. Ehlert. We're supposed to be with family, people we love. Not people we sort of like because we work with them.
Mr. Ehlert: My wife left me. [sniffles]
Frankie: Oh.

Quote from Frankie

Frankie: [v.o.] Now it all made sense. Mr. Ehlert wanted to stay open on Thanksgiving because he didn't wanna face holidays alone.
Mr. Ehlert: Sit with me, Frances.
Frankie: Well, I did have a kidney to pick up... but, uh, okay.

Quote from Frankie

Sue: Aunt Ginny and Aunt Edie are here.
Mike: Great. Maybe they can help.
Frankie: [v.o.] Aunt Ginny and Aunt Edie haven't been able to help since 1978.

Quote from Brad

Brad: Happy Thanksgiving.
Sue: [squeals] It's my boyfriend. [laughs]
Brad: I made you this centerpiece from the bounties of nature.
Sue: Oh, God, you're so romantic.
Brad: P.S., Mr. Heck, there's a strange man parked in front of your house.

Quote from Frankie

Mr. Ehlert: You know what, Frances, go home. Go be with your perfect family.
Frankie: Perfect? My son wanted to leave me and spend Thanksgiving with his friends.
Mr. Ehlert: No.
Frankie: Yeah. And don't even get me started on my husband and his dad. Oh.

Quote from Axl

Brick: Grandpa Big Mike.
Big Mike: Boys.
Mike: How was the corn maze?
Brick: Axl hugged me.
Axl: Oh, shut up, dweeb. [whispers] I love you. I love you so much.

Quote from Frankie

Sue: She's here. Let's surprise her.
[Frankie enters]
All: Surprise!
Frankie: Oh!
Mike: Happy Thanksgiving, honey.
Frankie: [v.o.] They did care. They are perfect.
Sue: Come sit down. Sit down. Sit down.
Frankie: Oh, and this all looks so yummy.

Quote from Frankie

Big Mike: Here comes the gravy.
Frankie: [gags] I'm... I'm gonna go cry in the toilet. Mike, come hold my hair.
Frankie: [v.o.] And that's the last thing I remembered. And though I didn't make it to the mall, I was there in spirit.
Mike: Frankie.
Frankie: Oh, what did I buy?
Mike: Power sander. Eighty percent off.
Frankie: Did we make the housewares sale on time?
Sue: We got the bacon press.
Frankie: Oh, good girl.

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