- Steve Mintz: [to Fran] Did your husband make other arrangements?
- Sylvia Fine: [rushing to answer] She doesn't have a husband.
- Steve Mintz: I'm sorry. Did he pass on?
- Fran Fine: First, he should only pass by.
- Brighton Sheffield: I finished my homework, Dad.
- Maxwell Sheffield: Oh, all right. Let's have a listen.
- [Brighton stands to read his paper]
- Brighton Sheffield: "The Civil War. The causes of the Civil War become clear when we view the United States as a big, dysfunctional family."
- Maxwell Sheffield: Oh Gracie, I told you not to do your brother's homework.
- Grace Sheffield: Five bucks is five bucks.
- Maxwell Sheffield: Brighton, you can't just go through life paying people to do everything for you.
- Brighton Sheffield: Dad, I've got two words for you: Niles, Fran.
- Maxwell Sheffield: I've got two words for you: military, school.
- Maxwell Sheffield: [as he enters Fran's bedroom] Ah, Miss Fine, do you have a moment. I hope I'm not intruding.
- Fran Fine: Sure, come on in. My house is your house. Oh yeah, it is.