Let's face it, prom night is normally a total bust. But when the cul de sac crew is chaperoning, there's no such thing as a bust! Unless you count Laurie's ridiculous hairstyle that is...
On Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 7, the group volunteers to host the local high school's prom in Gray's Pub after a hurricane decimates their gym.
As expected, most of the crew is less than enthused at the prospect of chaperoning. Laurie and Jules', however, are more than ready to party it up and relive their glory days.
Jules: You know, since the day that we met, I spent most of my craziest times with you. Laurie: Oh like the time we broke all the penises off the statues! Or when we went bar hopping and we stole that scary cop's gun? Or when we broke into Tom's house and we locked his girlfriend in the closet! Jules: Wow, we sound totally insane when you string them all together.
The night takes an unexpected turn when Laurie remembers how her own mother partied her way through Laurie's childhood. While mama drama is never fun for anyone, Laurie did a particularly good job of tying in the troubles of her past to the troubles of her present. Hearing how turbulent her upbringing was, I couldn't help but sympathize with her fears of being a terrible mother herself. When you drink as much wine as these guys do, it's probably pretty hard to find the line between responsible parent and drunken party girl.
Jules reassures her that having a good time doesn't make her a bad mom, and returning to your kid every night is half the fun anyway. I love the throwback moments with these two girls because it really reminds you how the show started off.
They might be boring old moms together now, but there was a time when they were both pretty rowdy.
Travis and Grayson have their own bonding moment when they realize that they might be holding on a little too tight to their own high school baggage. A nerd will always be a nerd, and a cool kid will always be a cool kid, and you can pretty easily guess which guy falls into which category.
They both realize that their stereotypes won't keep them from being friends though, even if they're probably never going away. I think what I love most about this relationship is that Grayson never tries to be a dad with Travis. They're buddies, family, pals, and fellow wine drinkers, but they never push the stepfather vibe too much.
Andy's subplot was probably the silliest, but it was also the funnest. Not only did we get a story about Andy's high school trauma, we got to hear Ellie's hilarious prom tale too. Even if Andy ended up getting de-pantsed in front of a bunch of teenagers, it was still a good night.
Whose prom outfit did you like best? Did anyone's high school history surprise you?
Bishop: It's your past, Tony. And it's a good one. ~
Tony: I have a tricky relationship with the past. I can either bury it or fixate on it. Still working out the kinks. ~
Bishop: Well whatever happened in your past helped make you the awesome guy you are today.
Thea: You know, I've been wondering. How do you decide between the red hoodie and the one with the mask? ~
Roy: [chuckles] I'm glad you know. ~
Thea: I felt pretty lame not recognizing my own brother just because he's wearing a hood.
Bart: Thinking back, I'm kinda surprised mom and dad let a crazy man spend all night in my bedroom. ~
Homer: Bart: Thinking back, I'm kinda surprised mom and dad let a crazy man spend all night in my bedroom.
Homer: Simpler times.
Milady: The truth is staring you in the face, and you can't even see it. ~
Athos: What truth? ~
Milady: Whatever I am, you love me. And you always will.
Shoshanna: I just don't understand why nobody tells you how bad its gonna be in the real world. ~
Marnie: Yeah they do. It's pretty much all they tell you.
Aria: What do we do know? We just wait until A paints the town red in our DNA? ~
Hanna: One drop here, one spot there, and kaboom; we're all sharing a jail cell with Ali. ~
Spencer: You are like the queen of not helping!
Peggy: I need you to get me a list of all the women that Howard has entertained in the last year. ~
Jarvis: I'm not sure there's enough ink in all of New York to complete that request. ~
Peggy: Fine, just in the last six months then, is that possible? ~
Jarvis: Oh yes, I suggest we start with the Western Hemisphere. ~
Peggy: Oh please.
Louis: They were infected with an infectious disease called Mike Ross. Now I am in the car with patient zero. ~
Mike: For your information, patient zero is the first person infected with the disease, not the disease itself.
Kate: I just keep reminding myself it is just the mall. ~
JJ: I don't think parents are ever ready for their kids to grow up. ~
Kate: It feels like yesterday she was in diapers. ~
JJ: Teenagers. I don't know how my mom survived. ~
Kate: Mine either.
Conde: I hear you. I do. But of all the reasons you've expound of why we can't be together none are of the heart. I have to fight every instinct I have pulling me toward you. When I'm near you I am aware of every breath you take and when I am away even the wind in the trees reminds me of you. ~
Mary: You will be the death of me and I of you.
Joan: I feel ... okay. I feel clear about something. Our work ... what we do ... it's not just a job now. It's who I am. I'm a detective. I'm ready to embrace that. I live in this world. Your world. And I probably will for the rest of my life. ~
Sherlock: It isn't my world. It's our world.
Slater: Hang on, go back. You speak Urdu? ~
Archer: Huh? Oh, no, no, just that one phrase ~
Farouk: The only phrase you know in Urdu is "No shit, you goat-raping pig devil"? ~
Archer: What?! I thought it meant "I'm sorry." Huh, probably why that night in a Karachi went from pretty bad to much worse. ~
Slater: I'm gonna stop you there. ~
Archer: Probably someone should. There's a baby.
Amelia: If you aren't willing to keep looking for light in the darkest of places without stopping even when it seems impossible, you will never succeed.
Deacon: I know I can fight this cancer, but I don't know if I can beat it. See the thing is, if I lose...uh there was a time when that wouldn't have mattered that much, but it does now. I got a daughter, and I got a niece, and I got...I got a lot of people I care about. They care about me, and when I think about not being there for them...You talk about feeling powerless. This is a powerlessness at a level that damn near overwhelms me. Truth is I'm terrified.
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