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Season 5, Episode 3, Aired 3/2/05

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When Logan learns how to read before Sam, Jimmy and Christine confess to each other that they were both responsible for causing blunt head trauma to Sam when he was an infant -- and are now worried that they are the reason he can't read.

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Anthony Clark

Greg Warner
Jean Louisa Kelly

Kim Warner
Liza Snyder

Christine Hughes

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By dillonpickle, Dec 14, 2008 Report Abuse

This episode is hilarious. Greg and Kim realize that Logan is ahead of Sammy by reading at a better level. But the thing is, this triggers memories to what Jimmy and Christine might have done to cause this. For example, Christine accidentally let Sammy fall off the changing table, and Jimmy banged Sammy's head against the wall when he was a baby. Greg also has a flashback to when he accidentally let a frying pan hit his head. They all tell their secrets to each other excluding Kim because she will be more nervous and has a weird laugh. So they go to the doctors where they get a check-up for Sammy's head but run into Kim. The tell her the story of their accidents which triggers Kim flashback to where she hits Sammy's head against another baby's head. The episode ends showing the doctor hitting Sammy in the head.moreless

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Sammy\'s better than Logan.

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By attilasd, Jun 30, 2006 Report Abuse

This was a hilarious episode! Although it was really predictable that we would eventually find out that everyone hit Sammy on the head at one point or another, it was funny to see the way it happened.

I was probably as happy as Jimmy that Logan could read before Sammy could. Kim and Greg think they are such superior parents to Jimmy and Christine! It was nice to see Logan actually be smarter (or at least develop earlier) than Sammy.

Greg pretending Sammy could read was funny. It was so typical of him to sound out the words for Sammy and consider that to be him reading.moreless

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- Jimmy and Christine's flashbacks show Sammy as an infant, but he was already a year old when they moved in. Edit
- In the flashback scene in which Jimmy bangs Sam's head, the shot of him carrying the real infant has Mike O'Malley holding the kid upright. In the next shot, the baby is cradle. Additionally, the recently-remodeled fireplace is seen, which did not exist during Sam's infancy. Edit
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- Coby Turner, the series' script supervisor, plays the yoga instructor. Edit
- The tag marks the first time Anthony and Michael LaMar have been seen on-screen together. Edit
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- Greg: (to Sam) Okay, well you just wait 'til you taste my brie and avocado omelette. You'll never cry for the breast again. At least not 'til prom night. Edit
- Christine: Jimmy, can I talk to you for a minute? Jimmy: Oh, of course you can. Hey, Dr. Phil was just talking about how a healthy marriage is built on keeping the lines of communication open, honest and sincere... Whoa, I think he hypnotized me. Edit
- Kim: Greg and I still can't believe that Logan is reading. Christine: Oh, yeah, that. You know, it's a total scam. He's not really reading. Kim: What? Yes, he is. I saw him. Christine: Oh, no, I know. He had me fooled, too. But it turns out, he had the whole book memorized. Yeah, he was faking it. Yesterday, I gave him a different book to read. Couldn't read a word. And then he wet his pants. You see, in a lot of ways, I think he's behind Sam. Kim: Well, I have to admit I'm a little relieved. We were starting to get worried about Sam. We even thought about taking him to see a specialist to see if he needed help. Christine: You did? You were gonna get him checked out? Maybe get him some help? Kim: But now that I know that Logan's not reading, we don't need to worry. Logan: "Stop." That sign says "Stop." Kim: Christine, he just read that sign. He is reading. Christine: Kim, come on, all kids know what a stop sign is. Logan: "Fat Boy's Hot Dogs." Christine: It's Jimmy's favorite restaurant. He points it out to Logan every time we drive by. Logan: "Live Nude Girls!" Christine: Oh... that Jimmy. Edit
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- Jimmy: You hit your son in the head with a frying pan? Who are you, Foghorn Leghorn?
  Foghorn Leghorn was an animated rooster with a Southern drawl, from the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes shorts. Voiced by Mel Blanc and based on the character Senator Claghorn from the Fred Allen radio show Allen's Alley, many of Foghorn's cartoons involved him and other barnyard animal characters hitting each other over the head with things. Foghorn also used the word "son" a lot, to refer to someone who was his junior (including a chick named Junior, whose widowed mother Foghorn was always looking to court). Jimmy's line, "I say, I say, I say a skillet," is a letter-perfect impersonation. Edit