‘The Core Group’
Season 8, Episode 1 - Aired October 11, 2016
When Axl brings home his new girlfriend and Sue returns from Dollywood, Frankie wants to have a family dinner before they go back to college. Meanwhile, Brick hopes for a fresh start on his first day at high school.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: [chuckles] Wow, there's so many introductions, we're not even gonna have time for dinner. Maybe there's too many people. [chuckles] Just kidding. Everybody's welcome.
Quote from Sue
Sue: So, Dad, Jeremy is from Indianapolis.
Mike: Oh, yeah? So you follow the Colts?
Jeremy: No, Mike. I follow the underpaid workers who make the footballs the Colts "earn" their multi-million-dollar salaries with. [Sue chuckles]
Mike: [to Frankie] Did he just call me Mike?
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: So, April... April? April!
April: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were talking about the month. I guess that happens with all month names. I wish I had a less complicated name, like June.
Frankie: But June is a month.
April: Right, but like June or Mary.
Frankie: Yeah, so Mary's not a month.
April: But it sounds like May.
Quote from Sue
Jeremy: I'm sorry, Mike. I just don't worship at the altar of violence and testosterone poisoning.
Mike: There's a lot of benefit to playing sports, you know? You learn a lot about character.
Jeremy: Or you can learn that from your parents.
Sue: Mm-hmm. You know what is a really interesting field? Sports medicine. I mean, you know, not for me, obviously, but for someone else. [whispering to Brick] Maybe for me. [chuckles] [nods]
Quote from Mike
Jeremy: You know where you can really learn about character, Mike?
Living on the streets and eating out of Dumpsters, just to see what it's like to live below the poverty line.
Sue: You did that?
Jeremy: No, my friend Rob saw a documentary.
Mike: Jeremy... can I call you Jeremy?
Jeremy: Sure!
Mike: Well, you can't call me Mike.
Quote from Sue
Sue: You know, maybe we should just head on up to school now.
Frankie: What? No, why?
Sue: Well, I-I feel like I should get settled before it's too late.
Jeremy: Fine, I'll strap my bike to your four-wheel planet killer.
Sue: We get it, Jeremy. You don't like cars.
Frankie: Wait, you can't go yet. There's something I wanted... You know, I need some help at the fridge. I'm just gonna randomly pick four people... Sue, Mike, Axl, Brick. [all talk]
April: Did she say April?
Frankie: Just meet me over here!
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: [scoffs] This is how bad it is. We're crossing our fingers for Cindy. [sighs] That's it. I'm done being cool. Axl needs an uncool mom's advice. You know what I think? I think he brought her here for a reason. He wants me to tell him the truth. I'm gonna go out there right now and tell him exactly what I think of her.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: [v.o.] You think you can control things, but you really can't. You make plans and backup plans and backup plans to your backup plans. But then stuff happens, and your plans go out the window. 'Cause more often than not, it's about the little things you don't plan for.
Duncan: [chuckles] Cool backpack.
Brick: Thanks! You too. You ever talk to yours?
Duncan: What?
Brick: Nothing.
Frankie: [v.o.] Maybe we shouldn't plan at all. Maybe we should just be in the moment we're in and enjoy the time we have with the people we love. Damn it! That would've been the perfect toast. Oh, I'll save it for Thanksgiving. I hope it's just the core group.
Quote from Sue
Mike: Sue, this guy says he knows you.
Sue: Oh, Jeremy! Hi! You're early! We weren't supposed to leave till tomorrow.
Jeremy: I was biking through Missouri to protest feeding antacids to cows, and I made good time.
Sue: Oh. Well, great. Now you can stay for dinner.
Frankie: Yay! Jeremy's joining us for dinner.
Axl: Axl. Sue's brother.
Jeremy: Namaste.
Axl: Nam...