Chain Migration

George Sr. · Buster:The coordinated left/right confusion between George Sr. and Buster while chained together on a tandem bicycle

Buster:Buster calculates Justin Bieber's age by referencing 'Justin Be-Bear' at Build-A-Bear

Lucille:Lucille references Buster's favorite mall stores: 'Drink-A-Juice,' 'Paint-A-Plate,' 'Build-A-Bear'... 'Oh, there's a tiny train.'

Lucille · George Sr.:'But don't you think he would've smelled me by now?' / 'Oh, good point. Maybe the Popcorn Plantation is masking your scent.'

Narrator · George Sr.:Narrator: 'Buster was missing, and George Sr. was eager to make it look like that was something he cared about... in order to woo his wife.'

Lucille · Narrator:Lucille wants to make a stuffed bear from a wallet photo at Build-A-Bear to 'let Buster know authorities weren't after him and get a little dig in'

Narrator · Michael:The printer is so slow that the narrator explains 'the speed of the printer made it very clear why Two Hour Teeth went out of business'

Michael · George Michael:Visual gag: Michael and George Michael impatiently watching the printer crawl, cutting to them shouting 'Come on! Come on!'

Tobias:Tobias explaining that freeze-dried ground beef underwater 'tastes just as good as any hamburger I've ever had underwater'

Tobias:Tobias's plan to steal a homeless man's shopping cart full of supplies 'when he leaves it'

Narrator:Narrator: 'Tobias had been squatting in the very chain store where his brother-in-law was now trying to repair a chain problem'

Buster:'Am I crazy, or am I smelling popcorn and Chanel No. 5 butter?'

Buster:'These are stage manacles. We were in a play.'

Worker · Buster · Oscar:Worker reveals the manacles were never locked — they just hadn't tried unclamping them

Narrator:Narrator: 'Ironically, finding out they weren't shackled was a bonding moment for the men.'

Buster:'That would've saved time when we were trying to get the pants over our heads.'

Buster · Oscar:The strategic discussion of whether it's 'safer to go their separate ways' now that the manacles are off — treated as a tactical decision by two men who were never fugitives

Buster:'Well, realistically I could sniff out Mother somehow, but she wouldn't want me. Maybe I'm better in prison. I'm no good on my own.'

Buster · Oscar:The 'Inside-Outside Bandits' debate: Buster wants to be outside, Oscar wants to be inside — treated as a fundamental compatibility issue

George Sr. · Buster:'The most important thing is that we're outside.' / 'Inside.' / 'Outside.' / 'Inside.'

Michael · George Michael:The printer finally finishes and the map has 'Make Background Tongue' enabled, producing a map of a tongue instead of a border wall

Oscar · Buster:Oscar and Buster resolve their inside/outside dispute by moving into a Tent City display tent: 'Feels like we're outside / It feels like we're inside'

Buster:'You're looking at a boy who faked a coma for two weeks to get out of a spelling bee.'

Oscar · Buster:Oscar corrects: 'That was to get out of testifying.' / 'No, that was a three-month coma.'

Buster:Buster's pre-departure speech to Oscar devolves into 'I cherish it' after multiple false starts

Oscar · Buster:Oscar responds to Buster's 'I cherish it' with a simple 'My son.' — followed by 'All right, fine. Be that way.'

Lucille:'It makes you not even want to do business with a hostile nation.'

George Sr.:George Sr. keeps pivoting back to the tandem bicycle: 'Know what looks like fun? That tandem bicycle built for two. How much fun would that be?'

Narrator · George Sr. · Oscar:George Sr. finds the 'more fun version of himself' at the Tent City — it's his twin brother Oscar

George Sr. · Oscar:George Sr. gives Buster a 'missing' poster as proof he's a free man — 'They throw these in with the posters'

George Sr.:'Actually, he's not technically free. He still has to officially sign out from prison and pay their $75 process fee.'

Oscar · George Sr.:Oscar reveals he's trying to extend the 'Buster's on the run' charade to give George Sr. more bonding time with Lucille — for a $75 fee

Narrator:Narrator: 'But before Oscar could even not share the news with Buster that they weren't on the run, Tobias would not solve a mystery he wasn't trying to solve himself.'

Tobias · Buster:Tobias wanders into the display tent and apologizes to 'a mannequin' before recognizing Buster

Tobias · Buster:Tobias walks into a tent, sees what he thinks is a mannequin, begins apologizing to it, then realizes: 'What am I doing, apologizing to a mannequin that looks like... Buster?'

Tobias · Buster:'Rumor has it they're gonna knock down these tents and put in a Santa Ski Village.' / 'Seems like we were just celebrating the second of July. We're already talking about December 19.'

Tobias:Tobias: 'She should get better acquainted with her sibling and mother impersonator.'

Tobias:Tobias responds to the '55 and older' age restriction: 'Well, that sounds like a challenge to any family that wasn't a ragtag troupe of folks whom I wish to become actors.'

Maeby · Stan:Maeby is gaslighting Stan about how frequently he's asked the same questions — 'Every month' (he hadn't; 'in fact, this had only happened a few hours earlier')

Maeby · Stan:Maeby's dementia con — she has been gaslighting Stan into believing he has memory problems, repeating conversations to make him question his mind

Maeby:Maeby's breakup speech is interrupted: 'A real lady lets it itch. She doesn't jam two fingers...' / 'Voices up.'

Tobias:Tobias enters as 'Mrs. Featherbottom' singing the Golden Girls theme, accompanied by 'Mrs. Bettywhite'

Tobias:'We're just three... 56-year-old women looking for a place to rest our weary asses.'

Lucille:'I think I can eat a piece of fish without giving away how I loathe you.'

George Sr.:George Sr.: 'Whoops. Now, see? It's those little inadvertent slips I fear will come out tomorrow night if we go in cold.'

Narrator · George Sr.:George Sr.'s backstory: he failed at 'ocean balling' to impress Lucille and 'gerbilled up to the beach' controlled by the Newport Bay Boys

Dusty · Newport Bay Boys:Newport Bay Boys refuse to let George Sr. use their steps: 'Those steps are just for the feet of the Bay Boys. Get back in the ball, dude.'

George Sr.:George Sr. (from inside the ball): 'Could you tell Lucille that I... I died... doing something that looked fun?'

George Sr.:George Sr. asks Dusty to tell Lucille 'that I died... doing something that looked fun'

George Sr.:'This is the goddamn expert? Because the only thing he's expert at is getting sand out of his trunks and pissing on another man's tree.'

Dusty:Dusty: 'And the law.' / 'And I play some guitar.'

George Sr. · Dusty:'Oh, you served in Vietnam?' / 'Surfed. I surfed in Vietnam. Two group tours.'

Lucille · Dusty:'We went for sushi last night, and he never touched his fork.' / 'Well, a little bit for the rice. It's the hard part. But not when the guy was looking.'

Dusty:Dusty's 'cultural expertise': 'Picked up a lot, too. Mostly tchotchkes, but some cultural elements, too.'

Dusty:Dusty's Eastern culture philosophy: 'They all are interested in honor... your opponent needs to save face, for this is the only way you, yourself, will save face.' Then: 'If you think that I enjoy... intimidating you, emasculating you, you're wrong, little guy.'

Dusty:Dusty's Far East philosophy: 'With all these Asia-y cultures and, uh, whatnot, they all are interested in honor... your opponent needs to save face, for this is the only way you, yourself, will save face.'

Dusty:Dusty exits to 'watch the big TV' upstairs — implying George Sr.'s TV is so small it's worth mentioning

Michael:Michael presents his wall evidence: 'This was a file on a computer drive called Gated Community.'

Michael · Lucille:'This is a border wall between Mexico and America.' / 'That doesn't look like a mouth to you?'

Michael · George Sr. · Lucille:'There's Chinese Romneys?' / 'No, the only Romneys are the Mexican Romneys.' / 'Well, and the regular Romneys.'

George Sr. · Lucille · Michael:'The Mexican Romney said no refundo.' / 'They're Chinese.' / 'There's Chinese Romneys?' / 'No, the only Romneys are the Mexican Romneys.' / 'Well, and the regular Romneys.'

George Sr. · Dusty:'Shrillary.' [Beat] 'You okay? Is everybody all right?' 'Yeah, we're fine. Go on.' 'Right on.'

Michael · George Sr.:Michael's advice: 'You made a mistake. You lost the money. You feel bad. Nothing you can do. You hope they understand.' / 'I have no idea what you're talking about.'

George Sr. · Michael:'This generation. They go to one therapy session, and all of a sudden their parents are terrible people, because they once sold tract homes to... God, who even remembers now?' / 'Saddam Hussein.' / 'Yeah. So... I mean, something like that.'

Oscar · Buster:Buster's hand 'flew off' on the 405 freeway during their getaway

Buster · Oscar:'Welcome Home From Prison Again, Buster' banner — interpreted as ironic

Oscar:Oscar's explanation of a 'not-surprise party': 'Like if Buster was coming home, he'd expect a surprise party, so it wouldn't be a surprise. Since he's in jail, we're gonna throw a party and not tell him since there won't be guests.'

Oscar · Buster:'A guy could have a mighty nice life up here.' / 'Do you... You want us to die here together?'

Oscar · Buster:Buster's solution to attic hunger: 'How does gummies sound?' / 'Necessary.'

Buster · Gob:Buster refuses Gob's favor: 'I cannot do you a favor, Gob. I am on the lam. I escaped from jail.'

Gob · Buster:Gob: 'They released you, Buster.' Buster: 'I don't think so. Uh, I think I'd know if I wasn't on the lam.'

Gob:'Impossible. You weren't even a wanted child.' / [Buster realizes the poster's meaning]

Buster · Gob:Buster asks Gob to keep his secret ('please don't tell him') about still pretending to be a fugitive — unaware Gob himself is hiding a dead body

Gob:Gob: 'Your secret is safe with me, Buster. No strings attached. If... you help me get rid of this big, dead-body-shaped thing.'

Gob:Gob explains the dead-body-shaped thing is 'from a magician friend. It was part of his big... his big final farewell disappearing act.'

Gob:'Need I remind you, Buster, that as my one-time assistant, you are still bound by the magician's assistant oath.'

Gob:'On the Next': Gob arrives for 'heterosexual conversion therapy' — 'My name is Gob Bluth. I'm here for a 12:30 un-gaying.'

Ann's Mother · Gob:'Hey, Gob. It's me, Ann's mother.' / 'Who?' / 'That's the one.'

Ann's Mother:Conversion therapy waiver: 'Just some legalese stating that if you kill yourself as a result of the therapy, it's your fault, not ours.'

Gob:Gob: 'Boy, wish I could pray that sweater away.'

Narrator:'Unfortunately for Gob... it works a little too well.'

Buster · Oscar:Buster uses the 'dead body in the truck' as a step stool to drop something off for Gob — and the truck has 'sticky stairs' with a 'blood-like substance'

Oscar:'I wonder if there's, like, a really tall car wash around here.'