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Old 10-02-2013, 06:26 AM
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The episode is "The Good Son" (125). Here's the scene:


Eric and Donna are making out on the couch. We hear Bob and Midge arguing from outside.

MIDGE: Here's a crazy idea: why don't you do the dishes, Bob?

BOB: Why don't I do the dishes? I work all day!

Eric and Donna stop kissing.

MIDGE: Well, I meditate all day!

BOB: Why don't you meditate over the sink and wash the dishes!

Bob and Midge come in. Eric and Donna move away from each other.

MIDGE: Donna, will you tell your father he's a jackass!

Bob pours a glass of Scotch.

BOB: Donna, your mother was fine until she met those feminists and started thinking!

MIDGE: Well, excuse me, Bob, but I'm not happy!

Midge leaves the room, crying.

BOB: Really? Really? Well, I'm ecstatic!

Bob turns to Eric.

BOB: You better watch out, Eric, ‘cause it's all fun when you're making out on the couch, but then they get bigger and bitchier!

Bob looks at Donna

BOB: Hey, no offense, honey.

Bob looks at Eric and nods as an affirmation of his warning; then he leaves. Donna looks on the verge of crying.

ERIC: You're not gonna get bitchier, are you?

DONNA: Shut up!

ERIC: Oh, no.

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I totally understand why Donna was upset after that. Her parents are fighting really badly. Her father's chauvinism comes out full force, and he essentially said Donna's going to become a bitch. How nice.

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Bob does something similar in "Red's Birthday" (210) when he and Midge write nasty things to each other on a paper posted on the fridge. I think Midge had written "Jackass!" and Bob wrote, "Bitch!" The scene then goes as follows:

BOB: Donna, I don’t want you reading this!
DONNA: Dad, Hyde’s here!
BOB [to Hyde]: Well, you can read it because you’ll appreciate it, [to Donna] but not you!

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Bob halfway knows his behavior isn't good for his kid, but he's just so un-self-aware.
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