Feels like we're constantly being punished for something. And mom just keeps on ticking.
Hey. Your mom has to wake up every morning and be Julie Cooper. That is punishment enough.
S1 E27The Ties That Bind
I have my secret recipe: takeout.
I think we should spend this whole summer just being normal.
We're not gonna hold Seth to that, are we?
No. That would be impossible.
Oh, classy choice, Jimmy, although it's pretty obvious that you're with her because you can't be with Kirsten. You know, I think in psychology that's called transference.
Oh, and you marrying Caleb, I think in psychology that's called shameless gold-digging.
S2 E1The Distance
Sometimes the best thing is for a kid to have some space.
The Pacific Ocean? That's not enough space?
I feel like my flesh is melting. I just hope it melts evenly.
I gotta be at the OC airport in half an hour. I'm heading up to Portland.
To see Seth.
Yeah.
I don't get it. His best friend leaves, so he runs off with another boy and his gay dad. You gotta admit, sounds kinda strange.
And this coming from a guy who is one click away from wearing a wig and a fake moustache.
Seth got in a little fight with his mom.
Thank you. That was both honest and emasculating.
Well my therapist said the best thing I can do to move on in my life, is to divest myself of Seth's material possessions. [Kirsten looks confused] I've got to dump off a bunch of his crap.
The only reason you stayed was because of this baby. And now there isn't a baby.
You don't want me to come home.
You don't want to come home.
[as Kirsten hugs him and Ryan] A two-for-one special on brooding young men.
S2 E2The Way We Were
I'm gonna brood. Silently. Over here.
You're gonna walk up to her [Marissa] in front of the entire student body and and be all "hey" and just hope she "heys" you back?
[pause] Yeah, we're not going to school.
[passing out flyers] Hey, guys. Comic Book League. Check it out. We're gonna to be getting into the issues. The stuff that matters. You know what I mean? Today's topic: capes. Fey, or kinda cool?
Ryan, would you please take the minutes?
Uh, Seth, it's just us.
Yeah, uh-huh. Write that down.
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