(Chuckles) Last one to Starbucks is an uprighter! Becca: Jimmy tried to kiss me. Caseworker: Sleep to rage. Caseworker: Usually, I have to turn down a lot of folks, but you seem like a perfect candidate for help. Dad: I'm having a surgery, Jimmy. Edgar: Oh, Jimmy. From Hollywood. Gretchen: At a fund-raiser. Gretchen: Oh, I would, but we have to leave. Gretchen: This is about you controlling and bullying everybody to behave the way you think they should. Gretchen: Yes, Rodney, I know the agreement is for two years. Honey Nutz: Where does that bitch think she flying? I had to follow Gretchen here today, only to witness her mother bullying her during a tennis match. I'll go talk to them. Jimmy: Gretchen was so scared of me meeting her parents that she hired fake parents. Jimmy: I am an author. Jimmy: Isn't the V.A. Jimmy: It's over. Jimmy: You're not art. Lindsay: I can't tell him. Look out. Marriage means being in it 24/7 from the moment when you wake up in the morning, and you see that red, curly happy trail, to at night when he rolls off of you and asks if you've had your "gazz" yet. Okay, so she told you she was flying out of town? She's gone home for, like, a week. Shitstain: Why would she lie to you about seeing her folks? That is a problem! What is wrong with you?! Yeah, she's headed to the museum with her parents. ♪
Becca: You cheated on Paul?!
Plan: A: a visit; Q: What do Gretchen's parents pay her? A: town; Q: What does Gretchen pretend to leave? A: a random couple; Q: Who does Gretchen get to pose as her parents? A: an elaborate lie; Q: What does Gretchen concoct? A: her father; Q: Who needs a back operation? A: a back operation; Q: What does Gretchen tell the couple at the art exhibit her parents are returning home for? A: Jimmy realizes; Q: Who realizes that Gretchen used cues visible in the gallery to invent the lie? A: The Usual Suspects; Q: What movie is parodied in this episode? A: a day; Q: How long does Lindsay spend with Paul? A: Edgar attempts; Q: Who tries to get medication from the VA office? A: the caseworker; Q: Who is trying to avoid helping Edgar? A: an expensive country club; Q: Where does Jimmy follow Gretchen to? A: a strict upbringing; Q: What kind of upbringing did Gretchen have? A: a goody-two-shoes; Q: What do Gretchen's parents think she is? A: a fight; Q: What happens when Jimmy outs Gretchen to her parents? A: Jimmy's house; Q: Where does Gretchen fight with her parents? A: Jimmy's room; Q: Where does Gretchen find the ring? A: Becca; Q: Who was the ring originally bought for? Summary: When Gretchen's parents pay her a visit, she attempts to conceal them from Jimmy, first by pretending to leave town to see them, and then by persuading a random couple at an art exhibit to pose as them. She concocts an elaborate lie about them having to return home so her father can have a back operation. After she leaves Jimmy realizes, in a sequence parodying The Usual Suspects , that she used cues visible in the gallery to invent the lie. Lindsay, guilty over having cheated on Paul, spends a day with him. Edgar attempts to get medication from the VA office to help him sleep, but finds the caseworker is trying to avoid helping him. Following Gretchen to an expensive country club, Jimmy is shocked to learn that she had a strict upbringing and her parents still think she is a goody-two-shoes . Jimmy "outs" Gretchen to her parents, causing a fight with Gretchen at Jimmy's house. Sneaking into Jimmy's room, Gretchen accidentally finds the ring Jimmy originally bought for Becca. Thinking it is for her, she announces she is done with Jimmy and runs out.