How in the world does Brick (Atticus Shaffer) manage to get his driver's license without his parent's permission? Not wanting to bother Mike (Neil Flynn) and Frankie (Patricia Heaton), Sue (Eden Sher) took him instead.
They decide to punish him though they rescind it so he can go to prom. He isn't thrilled about that but his parents are insistent. He wants to use Bernie the Bookmark but Frankie persuades him to do something else. So he has this elaborate promposal and Cindy (Casey Burke) still says no; when he goes back to Bernie, she agrees. And then Frankie has this great idea to invite all of Brick's friends from his former social skills class. They come and they have all normalized. One is not a cat anymore and another eats all foods not just red food. The biggest shock is Cindy though. Her mom made her chunk her hat so we see her without it for the first time ever and she's beautiful, but her ears are cold.
They have a perfectly lovely evening at the Library instead as Brick has his own key. The library contains everything he loves: books and Cindy. And Frankie laments that she just wants him to be happy, which he is.
In the meantime, Axl (Charlie McDermott) is guilted into getting Sue a belated birthday present by Lexie (Daniela Bobadilla) but he does what he normally does and puts no effort into it. His 'experience' is blindfolding Sue and leading her around odd places and letting her eat stranger's ice cream. She is mad about the whole thing as she has every right to be but then Frankie says that when she was younger, before Sue was even born and when she was a baby, Axl was super overprotective of her and would sleep with her and then when they kicked him out, he left woofy dog with her. So he does care; he just doesn't remember it but it makes Sue very happy and she feels loved by him nevertheless.
This was another decent episode though I wonder where Axl took Sue for several hours. He really has no excuse as to why he didn't get her a present or come up with any good idea of where to take her. Still, the Brick plot line was very good and I like seeing Frankie's brilliant idea to show off her kids backfire on her. That being said, if all she wants him is to be happy, then she's succeeded. Grade: B+
Side Notes:
-When punishing Brick, they take away his library and chilling with Cindy privileges.
-Cindy's full name is Cynthia Violet Hornberger.
-A guy was almost buried in Brick's tuxedo.
-Brick was forced to climb a rope in gym and fell down and burned his privates but he got to stay in bed for a week afterwards to read and he enjoyed that week.
-The old TV remote is Mike's best friend. Frankie is a solid third.
-Brick struggles to pin on Cindy's flower in box.
-Sue got Axl an hour in a flight simulator and a tie for his twenty-first birthday.
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