‘The Prom’
Season 2, Episode 22 - Aired May 11, 2011
When Axl puts off telling Ashley that he asked her to prom by mistake until it's too late, Frankie and Mike insist that he honors his commitment. Meanwhile, Brick stages a play for his parents, and Sue and Carly want to find a cafeteria table instead of just walking around.
Quote from Sue
Samantha: Your r's are really good. They make the cue cards easy to read.
Sue: Oh, yeah? Wow, thanks. I call 'em "Sue cards." [giggles]
Samantha: What?
Sue: 'Cause of my name. Sue. "Sue cards" instead of "cue cards."
Samantha: Oh... [chuckles] Okay, I get it. [Sue giggles] Okay, well, see you tomorrow, cue card girl.
Quote from Sue
Sue: I know it's not an actual sport, but being on the news team really does feel like you're on a team. And Samantha is nice, so nice.
Carly: Oh, my God. You know what? You should totally make a run for the B table.
Sue: Really? But I've never even sat at the D or C table.
Carly: Yeah, but you said she's nice, right?
Sue: So nice.
Carly: Well, there's only a few weeks left in junior high. Can you imagine entering high school as B table people?
Sue: It would be great to be able to sit down. [slurps food] Okay. Let's do it!
[As Sue and Carly high-five, they drop their food trays and everyone turns to look at them]
Sue: Maybe we'll start tomorrow.
Quote from Mike
Brick: Take a seat, Dad. We have another show for you.
Mike: Wow, another one already, huh?
Brick: Mom thought we should wait till you got home.
Mike: Aw, wasn't that considerate of her?
Brick: And now, ladies and gentlemen... [dramatic voice] Alien Robot II.
Frankie: [v.o.] Sadly, like so many sequels, Alien Robot II didn't quite live up to the original.
Brick: Pirates? That doesn't even make sense. We're on an alien planet.
Arlo: We could be at the mall.
Frankie: [v.o.] Then, about an hour later, it finally came to a close.
Mike: Okay, you're done. [turns TV on]
Quote from Brick
Frankie: [v.o.] And the next day...
Brick: Dad? I have a new show for you. I play all the parts.
Mike: Uh... how about you ask your mom?
Brick: I already did. She said she suddenly had to go out and get groceries, and I should ask you. It's weird. I saw her run into the garage, but I never saw her car leave. I'm former secretary of state William Henry Seward. No, wait, um... I'm- I'm a polar bear.
Mike: Okay, this isn't even a show. You're just making stuff up.
Brick: No, I'm not. You made me lose my place. Hang on. Uh... [whispers] Uh...
Quote from Sue
Sue: Okay. Now I do the blend-in.
Carly: But don't stay more than 20 seconds. It's too risky.
[Sue sits down at a table where a girl and boy are having a conversation]
Girl: It's just not fair, because I do the news team, I do tennis...
Boy: Definitely.
Girl: I do all this stuff, and I don't really have time...
Boy: No.
Girl: To do everything.
Samantha: So what's everybody doing this summer?
[Carly gestures to her wrist as Sue sits speechless]
Quote from Mike
Frankie: So, wow, a lot's happened since we last saw you, Reverend. Uh, let's see. Well, Brick's in third grade, and Sue's on the news team...
Sue: That what I was trying to-
Frankie: And who am I leaving out? Oh, Axl. What's going on with Axl? Oh. Well, prom's coming up. It's a funny story about prom. [Mike chuckles] So he asked a girl by text, but it was the wrong girl, and now he doesn't want to take her.
Axl: Well, the funny thing is, I'm not going.
Frankie: Well, the funny thing is, don't you think a good person would go with the girl, when it's only two days before prom?
Axl: Well, the funny thing is, I'm old enough to make my own decisions.
Mike: [chuckles] And the funniest part of all is that he's going, no matter what, even if I have to tie him up and drag him onto the dance floor myself. [Mike and Frankie laugh]
Quote from Reverend TimTom
Reverend TimTom: This lasagna sure is tasty. May I have a sec--
Frankie: You know, there's got to be something in the Bible about doing the right thing even when you don't want to. I would say that's pretty much the whole point of the Bible, wouldn't you?
Reverend TimTom: Well, the Bible can be interpreted in many different ways.
Axl: Ouch! Stop, drop, and roll, Mom. God just burned you again!
Reverend TimTom: Well, you know, Axl, your folks have a point, too.
Quote from Mike
Brick: Now if we could all retire to the living room for my show...
Mike: Brick, no show. Reverend TimTom, you were saying.
Sue: He was saying how it's a social minefield just like the lunchroom.
Mike: No. No. You were saying something about, uh, how the folks are right.
Brick: In a few short moments, Brickstone Pictures will proudly present-
Mike: Brick. I said enough.
Brick: But the reverend hasn't seen it yet.
Mike: He didn't come here to see one of your endless, boring shows. He came to fix Axl.
Axl: He's here to what?
Mike: Well, "fix" was the word your mother used.
Quote from Reverend TimTom
Reverend TimTom: Hey. Nice crib.
Axl: Look, if you're here to talk me into taking Weird Ashley to prom, don't bother.
Reverend TimTom: Nah. Just getting ready to take off, but I heard you had a Strat, and I was hoping I could take a look at it.
Axl: Uh, it's probably not real. Picked it up at a garage sale to take for 12 bucks.
Reverend TimTom: Well, it's not what you pay. It's how you play. You like blues? [plays blues riff]
Axl: Hair metal's more my thing. Thanks anyway.
Reverend TimTom: Oh, cool. You mean something like... [plays rock riff]
Axl: Actually, little more like... [playing hard rock riff] [Reverend TimTom plays the same riff]