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The Telling

‘The Telling’

Season 3, Episode 23 -  Aired May 16, 2012

It seems like Frankie has eyes in the back of her head when she busts Axl and Sue for trying to keep bad decisions from her, but Mike learns that Brick has been feeding her information in return for candy. Axl's trip to the lake is in peril when Sue catches him sneaking into the house after curfew, although she decides not to tell on him so long as he drives her and her friends wherever they want to go. Meanwhile, Mike is forced to attend Parent Day at Brick's school when Frankie gets stuck at work.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: I can't believe this.
Frankie: Hey. I didn't hear you complaining when I busted 'em.
Mike: That's because I assumed you were busting 'em with integrity. Now I know you just stock up on smokes and dispatch your little flying monkey.
Frankie: Look, Mike, they're young, they're crafty, and there's more of 'em. We need every advantage we can get.
Mike: It's just not right, Frankie. And what if they find out about your little system? Then what?
Frankie: They're not gonna find out, because you're the only one who knows, and I think we've established that you don't like tattling.

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Quote from Axl

Sue: [gasps] I have a gun! No, I don't believe in guns. I have a stick!
Axl: God. You're even a dork when your life is threatened.
Sue: Axl, wh- It's 1:00 in the morning. Where were you? Dad said, if you mess up one more time, you're not going to the lake.
Axl: I was at Darrin's, playing Halo and eating cereal. Now are you gonna be cool about this, or you gonna be a snitch like Brick?
Sue: Brick's a snitch?
Axl: Apparently, he's been doing Mom's dirty work for years. I overheard Mom and Dad fighting about it.
Sue: Wow.
Axl: Look, I need to know you're not gonna tell Mom and Dad about this.
Sue: And I need to know that you're gonna drive me and Brad to the mall tomorrow.
Axl: Why would I drive you and Brad to the- Oh.

Quote from Sue

Sue & Brad: [sing] If you're looking down to read a text You won't see what happens next [imitate explosions and screams] 'Cause you're dead, you're dead, you're d-d-d-d-dead!
Carly: This is so exciting. I feel like I'm backstage.
Axl: You know, technically, backstage would be in the trunk. If you guys want to go back there, I'll totally let you out before you suffocate.
Brad: Sue. Vocal exercises. Red leather, yellow leather. Red leather, yellow leather.
Sue: Gutta-butta, gutta-butta, butta-gutta, butta-gutta.
Both: Mee-moo, tee-too, bee-boo, gee-goo.
Axl: Kill me, kill you, kill he, kill Sue.
Sue: Okay, Axl. You can pick us up right here after the show.
Brad: We'll probably be about an hour and a half unless we do an encore. Oh, who am I kidding? Of course we're gonna do an encore.

Quote from Bob

Mr. Ehlert: [into microphone] Don Ehlert here, and this place is swarming with customers, so get on down here and get yours while the getting is good.
Pete: 7 million people watch the Indy 500, and you couldn't get one of them down here with your dumb idea.
Frankie: Yeah. At least I had something. Fish-face had more ideas than you.
Mr. Ehlert: So zoom on down to Ehlert Motors before all the deals are gone. How do you go to music on this thing? Come on, music, music.
Bob: [sings] We're here at Ehlert's And we're selling lots of cars There's a really cool yellow one And we got other colors If yellow's not your thing

Quote from Sue

Brad: That... was... amazing.
Sue: Oh, do you think they liked it?
Brad: Are you kidding? Some of 'em even slowed down to watch.
Carly: The death montage was the best I've ever seen it.
Sue: Oh, when you rode the escalator as if it was taking you to heaven... Goosebumps.
Brad: We are gonna rock that gig at the senior center tomorrow. I'm just gonna leave my dance shoes in the car.
Axl: Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm not driving you anywhere else.
Sue: The show is at 3:45, so we should probably leave by 3:00. After all, we wouldn't want to be lake.
Brad: I am on a serious performance high. I cannot go straight home. Who's down for some... Fro-yo? [Sue screams]

Quote from Brick

Mike: Brick, let me tell you something. Tattling is wrong, and it's a weenie thing to do, and if you keep on doing it, you're not gonna be very popular.
Brick: I'm not very popular now. That's kind of why I need the candy.
Mike: Well, your bribing days are over.
Brick: But Mom says telling on people is a good thing. She said any parent who doesn't want to know things is living in denial.

Quote from Mike

Brick: You want to know what else she said?
Mike: No, actually, I don't.
Brick: It's about you.
Mike: Don't care.
Brick: Pretty juicy.
Mike: Still don't care, 'cause it's tattling, and tattling is wrong. [takes another bite of the candy cigarette]
Brick: I'm confused. You're telling me to do one thing, and Mom's telling me to do another. Who should I listen to?
Mike: Well, that depends. Do you want to be a flying monkey mama's boy snitch? Or do you want to be a man?
Brick: Wow. Mom was right about you.
Mike: Still don't care.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: [answers phone] Hello?
Frankie: How's it going? Have they put out the sign-up sheet yet? Where are you sitting?
Mike: Uh, I'm at Brick's desk, in the world's tiniest chair.
Frankie: What? No, no, no. You have to be up front. That's where the clipboards are gonna be. Move up now.
Mike: Okay, okay, relax.
Frankie: Has the teacher started talking yet?
Mike: Not yet.
Frankie: Okay, listen. The minute she stops talking, you gotta make a beeline for those sign-up sheets like it's the last chopper out of Vietnam.

Quote from Frankie

Mike: Excuse me. Do you have a pen I can borrow?
Woman: Oh, I'm sorry. I don't. I need all of them in case one runs out.
Frankie: [on the phone] Did you find one? Mike? Mike? Mike?!
Mike: What?!
Frankie: Did you find a pen?!
Mike: Found a pencil.
Frankie: Mike!
Mike: I mean a pen. I have a pen. Everything's fine. I got this. Excuse me. Um, I'm not gonna have any trouble signing up for volunteering, am I?
Room Mom: Oh, not at all. There'll be plenty of spaces on every sign-up sheet.
Mike: Thank you. Did you hear that? Room mom's not worried at all.
Frankie: Of course she's not worried, you fool. She's the room mom! She's in the inner circle. She probably signed up herself and five of her friends weeks ago.

Quote from Axl

[Axl stops the car and dials his cellphone]
Axl: [on the phone] Hi, Mom. It's Axl. I just wanted to tell you that on Monday, I snuck out of the house, and I didn't get home until 1:00 in the morning. I realize that by violating curfew and not telling you where I was, I have lost my chance to go to the lake this weekend. [hangs up] [to Sue] Get out.
Sue: What?
Axl: Get out.
Sue: Well, you're not gonna get away with this, Axl. You're gonna be in really big trouble.
Axl: I'm already in trouble.
Sue: Well, you can't just leave me here alone.
Axl: Better start walking. Don't want to get home too lake!

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