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The Other Man

‘The Other Man’

Season 9, Episode 12 -  Aired January 9, 2018

After Axl starts his new job, Frankie feels left out as Axl and Mike bond as working men. Meanwhile, Brad asks Sue not to break up with Aidan just yet when he's introduced to Aidan's bandmate, Luke (Corbin Bleu).

Quote from Sue

Sue: Well, Luke, um, I don't know if you know this, but Brad is actually also a performer. He is an amazing singer/dancer. Isn't that right, Brad? [Brad is silent] Anyway, um, if I can speak for Brad... which apparently I have to... [laughs] Brad has an amazing voice. He is the star of our no-cut a cappella group. I mean, it's no cut, but even if it were cut, he would make the cut. [laughs]

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Quote from Mike

Frankie: Hey. Whatcha doing? 'Cause I was thinking we could finally start The Walking Dead.
Mike: Oh, yeah. Sorry. I'm already about seven episodes in with Axl.
Frankie: What? I have been waiting for you. We've been talking about watching this for months.
Mike: I know, but you and I could never figure out how to make the thing come on. [Frankie sighs] And then Axl came and fiddled with it, and, next thing we know, we were watching it.
Frankie: I can't believe you didn't come get me.
Mike: Well, sorry. We didn't know where you were. We couldn't find you.
Frankie: [scoffs] Really? 'Cause the house is like five feet wide.
Mike: Okay, we didn't try. But, hey, now you don't have to worry about me. Just watch it whenever you feel like it. [Frankie sighs]
Frankie: [v.o.] So, Mike and Axl had found each other again, and I was genuinely happy for them... until I wasn't.

Quote from Brad

Brad: So, I was the understudy for Snoopy. I didn't get the lead. But then, the guy who got it got busted for stealing a can of SlimFast at the drugstore. So he's being arraigned, and guess who got the part. If you're gonna guess me, you'd be right. [chuckles]
Sue: Oh. Oh, hey, Brad, why don't I take the cup of coffee and you take my nice relaxing cup of chamomile tea.
Brad: Ooh, I love chamomile tea! Actually, I love all teas. Chamomile. Chamomile. That's a weird word, isn't it? My grandma always drinks chamomile. [chuckles] Do you have a grandma? I love my grandma. I also think she really...

Quote from Sue

Sue: Ugh. So, he took me to the emergency room because my nose wouldn't stop bleeding. And then, when we were leaving, he shut the door on my hand.
Brad: Oh, my God.
Sue: Yeah, it's getting bad, Brad. What's the deal with Luke? Are you making any progress? 'Cause I got to break up with Aidan before he kills me.
Brad: I'm trying. I just get so nervous around him. I got to find my sweet spot... somewhere between total shutdown and blathering on about proper tap-shoe maintenance. Why didn't you stop me?
Sue: I tried! Okay, look, Brad, if you would just be yourself, I know he would love you.
Brad: Oh, I know, I know! I just can't tell if he's being nice to me 'cause I'm your friend or 'cause he's interested. I just need a few more days to suss him out.
Sue: I may not have a few more days! We are going to a fondue restaurant tomorrow. That is fire and pokey forks.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: You hungry? Let's go grab some dinner.
Frankie: What? Hold on. Me and you? Just the two of us?
Mike: Yeah. Where you want to go?
Frankie: Oh. Um, I would love a burger. And there's a new place Hole Lotta Burger, but they spell it H-O-L-E because there's a hole in the middle and they fill it with cheese. Get it? The "hole" has two meanings.
Mike: I get it. Let's go. Let's do it. Grab your purse. You're paying.
Frankie: Okay, just got to get out of these scrubs and put on a fresh layer of deodorant, and I'm ready.
Mike: Meet you in the car.

Quote from Brad

Sue: Okay, Brad. I am only just now starting to get vision back in my eye, and I would like to keep it, so you better ask Luke out tonight.
Brad: I know. I got this. The problem before was I hadn't rehearsed, didn't give myself business, some kind of space work. So I'm gonna casually suggest a game of pool. Then I'll joke that, if I make the next shot, Luke has to go out with me.
Sue: Oho! That's good. And you're sure you can make the shot?
Brad: Oh, yeah. I'm a pool shark. That's the one thing my dad and I do together... that and awkward silences.

Quote from Frankie

Brick: Mom, I'm tired. We've been driving around for an hour. Can we just go home?
Frankie: No.
Brick: Then are we going to get ice cream? You said something about ice cream.
Frankie: No, I just said that to make your dad and Axl feel like they're missing something.
Brick: I don't think that's going to happen. I'm pretty low on the totem pole. [Frankie sighs] So then what are we doing?
Frankie: I don't know, Brick. All I know is we have to have fun, lots and lots of fun, and then rub their noses in it. Come on, there's got to be something that you can share with me that we can bond over, you know, like an anecdote or a secret that you wouldn't tell anybody else... preferably something we can be laughing about when we walk back through that door.
Brick: I got a B-plus on my geometry test.
Frankie: [sighs] Yawn. Come on, "wow" me, Brick.
Brick: I was reading a book about...
Frankie: Don't even.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: Axl, come on! Let's go! Game starts in 15 minutes.
Axl: Sorry, Dad. Lexie just called, and she's back from Colorado. See ya! [exits]
Frankie: [pats the spot next to her on the couch] Here. Okay. [Mike sighs] This is Outlander. I'm pretty deep into it, but I think you can catch up. That's Claire, and she's a World War II nurse who magically falls through stones into 1770-something England.
Mike: How can she fall through stones? They're not porous.
Frankie: Some women do a fairy dance, and it just happens. Just watch it. You'll like it. There's battle scenes, and men fight with swords.
Frankie: [v.o.] You know, it's silly to get jealous of people in your family. So they love each other more one week. You know, the next week, they're just gonna do something to piss each other off. But the point is, I played it cool, and now I have my husband back.
Frankie: Do you have to sit so close? There's a whole big couch here.

Quote from Brad

Brad: So, Sean never called or texted or anything since New Year's Eve?
Sue: No. And why would he? I mean, the last thing he saw was me kissing Aidan. [sighs] I don't know. Maybe Hecks and Donahues just aren't meant to be together.
Brad: Hey, at least you got kissed on New Year's. That's one more kiss than I got, if you don't count the old lady who thought I was Clay Aiken. Oh. "BTdubs," Aidan's nothing to sneeze at. He's really cute. Twist left.
Sue: Yeah. No, no, no, he's totally cute, and we have fun together. But, you know, Sean's kiss was like, "Ahh!" And Aidan's kiss is like, "Eh."
Brad: Listen to me, you are 10 years too young to settle for "eh." Until things start sagging, you hold out for "ah."

Quote from Sue

Sue: [sighs] You're right, you're right. I know. If I'm not feeling it with Aidan, I should end things now. [sighs] It's not fair to string him along.
Brad: Mm.
Sue: [groans] It's just you know how terrible I am at breaking up with people. I mean, look at me with Jeremy.
Brad: Mm.
Sue: And this is what's sad... the guys that want me, I don't want, and the guy I want disappears after kissing me.
Brad: Well, no one's gonna kiss you with that little pity-party you're throwing yourself. So lace up your big-girl breakup boots and get 'er done.
Sue: Right.

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