CNET Networks Entertainment GameSpot | GameFAQs | SportsGamer | MP3.com | TV.com | Metacritic
Score: 8.7 Great 77 votes

And Tonight's Specials Are...

Episode Number: 223    Season Num: 11    First Aired: Monday October 2, 2006    Prod Code: 6200608223

Notes

add »
Continuing the storyline from last week's episode, Annie mentions that Mary now has the job of coaching a girls high school basketball team. (edit)
This is the first episode to feature Colton James who plays the recurring role of T-Bone. (edit)
Three days after this episode first aired, the CW annouced they were flipping their Sunday and Monday schedules around to help its comedy block get better ratings when their new drama Runaway was struggling to get an audience against Heroes on NBC. (edit)

Quotes

add »
Kevin: Lucy and I had a fight.
Eric: So did Annie and I.
Kevin: (a little confused) And you're happy about that? (edit)
T-Bone: I mean, don't you get a little tired of being around them?
Lucy: No. They're my family!
T-Bone: Exactly. You can't talk to your family about your family. I mean, that's how you ended up losing it in Church. You need a friend to talk to. (edit)
T-Bone: I just want to get to know her better. Maybe it will work out, maybe it won't.
Kevin: I know it wouldn't work out.
T-Bone: No offense, but don't you think that's kind of up to Lucy?
Kevin: Look, pal, I could have you arrested.
T-Bone: No, you couldn't.
Kevin: I could try.
T-Bone: I haven't done anything illegal!
Kevin: I'm betting you have. Let me see your driver's license.
T-Bone: What for?
Kevin: You look more like 15 to me. (T-Bone rolls his eyes, pulls out his ID, Kevin looks at it for one second) It's fake.
T-Bone: Okay. Maybe Lucy and I could just be friends.
Kevin: I don't think so. (edit)
Sandy: He tried to seduce me!
Lucy: Well, just try to appreciate it for what it was.
Sandy: But Martin is in love with me. He wants to marry me, and I don't want to marry him!
Lucy: See? Careful what you wish for. (edit)
Sandy: I get the feeling that you're upset with me. Are you upset with me?
Lucy: I didn't say that.
Sandy: Just say it.
Lucy: I don't want to say it! I don't want to be upset with you, I don't feel like being upset with you. I just don't want you to blame my husband if you end up making any mistakes with Martin. (edit)
Annie: It's going to be all right, Kevin. Everything will be all right. Just go home to Lucy, and hang out with her, be with her, talk to her, let her know how much you care about her.
Kevin: No offense, Mom, but I don't think things are going to get better. In fact, I think they're just gonna get worse. (edit)
T-Bone: (to Lucy) I'd be more than happy to be your Ashton if you'd be willing to be my Demi! (edit)
Kevin: Lucy's seeing someone.
Eric: What, a psychiatrist?
Kevin: A guy.
Eric: A guy psychiatrist? (edit)
Lucy: I wasn't trying to say that Aaron was a mistake.
Sandy: It's okay. I know you weren't trying to say that.
Lucy: I was just trying to say that I don't understand why....why some people who don't want children have them, and why people who do want children don't have them. Yet there is no reason.
Sandy: There's just what is. (edit)
Sandy: You came all the way over here to make me dinner?
Martin: Yeah. After 4 hours of classes, 2 hours at the library and 3 hours of practice, I came all the way over here to make you dinner. To see you, talk to you, and take care of you. Anything you need for you or my son.
Sandy: Okay. But only if it doesn't imply some sort of commitment.
Martin: No, not at all. We're just two people who had sex one time and now have a child together. No commitment. (edit)
Annie: What time are you expecting Lucy?
Kevin: I don't know. I've learned not to ask any of those questions over the summer. She's free to come and go as she pleases. It's a control thing. I know it's a control thing, so I make no attempt to appear that I'm trying to control anything other than myself.
Annie: Oh, Kevin, you've been such a good and caring husband through all of this. And this must be so hard on you, too.
Kevin: It's just that Lucy and I have been dealing with it in two completely different ways. I need to be closer to her, and she needs to be further away from me. (edit)
Eric: My wife's newfound freedom is making her unusually....caring.
Kevin: I don't think I should know about that.
Eric: Well, then don't ask so many questions.
Kevin: I wouldn't have if I'd known I was gonna find that out. Geez, Dad!
(edit)
T-Bone: (referring to Lucy's blowup in the Church the week before) And by the way, if you ask me, your husband....not that hot. Well, not as hot as you anyway.
Lucy: (getting upset) How old are you?
T-Bone: Oh, don't panic. I'm over 18. (shows her his ID)
Lucy: Yeah, okay. Not old enough to talk to me like that!
T-Bone: You mean, like man to woman? Yeah, actually I am.
Lucy: (getting her money out for her movie ticket) Um, okay. One adult, hurry up, and do not say another word to me! (edit)
Lucy: I can't believe I spent the whole day hanging out with a teenager who has a crush on me. And I really can't believe that he actually made me feel better.
Eric: You never know where help is gonna come from.
(edit)
Kevin: This is like the Religious Twilight Zone! Lucy has a new boyfriend, you're driving your sons to school to flirt with their teacher right after you made up with your wife....what kind of family have I gotten myself into?
Eric: We're like the Cleavers, except we're religious and we like to fool around. (edit)

Trivia

add »
In this episode, Lucy tells the 18-year-old movie theater guy that she is 7 years older than him, which would make her 25 but in the pilot episode, she was 12, so she would really only be 23. (edit)

Allusions

add »
T-Bone: I'd be more than willing to be your Ashton if you'd be willing to be my Demi!

When T-Bone says this to Lucy, he is referring to Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, who have been dating for a few years now, despite a significant age difference. (edit)
advertisement

Episode Vital Stats

 
Episode: And Tonight's Specials Are...
Season Number: 11
Episode Reviews: 15
Episode
Score:
8.7 Great 77 votes
Rating Statistics:
superb: 24 (31.2%)
perfect: 23 (29.9%)
great: 16 (20.8%)
mediocre: 8 (10.4%)
Other: 6 (7.8%)
Your And Tonight's Specials Are... Score
This content requires Macromedia Flash Player 7 or higher. Get Flash
Review This Episode Contribute

Top Contributors

 
Retired TM56
Score: 5,462 points
Editor robinepowell
Score: 4,167 points
Trusted BuffyAnneLove
Score: 1,318 points
TVTomeEB
Score: 1,173 points
Trusted VGFreak8
Score: 810 points
ecgirl08
Score: 484 points
nickelback06
Score: 446 points
WBer89
Score: 136 points
chdr3888
Score: 117 points
7thHeaven_72
Score: 104 points