Saturday, Bloody Saturday

**Saturday, Bloody Saturday** is the second episode of Season 1.

## Opening Scene

The episode begins with Sue confronting Kevin on a failure notice she received from his school. Kevin doesn't really seem to care that he is in danger of failing all his classes. Kevin argues with Sue while she breaks up a fight between Bill and Maureen. When Frank pulls into the driveway, Sue decides to hide the notice from Frank until after dinner.

Frank had a rough day helping Ed's widow clean out his locker. He sparks an argument with Kevin who angrily shows him the notice. After Kevin insults Frank, Sue sends Kevin to his room and Frank goes to hit his punching bag in the garage.

## Plot

On a Saturday morning, Frank gets called into work. Convinced that Kevin lacks work ethic, he decides to take Kevin with him to teach him a lesson. He then leaves Bill in charge of Maureen while Sue organizes her Plast-a-Ware orders. He sternly warns him not to let her get hurt or he will "put him through a fucking wall."

At the airport, Frank gets called by Bob Pogo to his office to discuss the possibility of a strike and to give him company football tickets, Kevin, left alone in the break room, wanders into the baggage area and meets Carl and Red. They show off their practice of stealing from luggage, taking a bottle of medication from a woman's suitcase.

The woman approaches Frank over the matter, while Carl and Red are showing Kevin the security footage of the previous manager being decapitated. This horrifies Kevin, and prompts him to go looking for his father. He witnesses the woman berating him and returns the pills that were stolen. When she does not let up, he loses it and tells her to "shut the fuck up!".

In the car, Frank tries to scold Kevin though he winds up admitting what he did was pretty funny. Kevin apologizes for not seeing the value in Frank's job and Frank invites him to the football game.

Meanwhile, Maureen takes off on Bill and goes to do some dangerous activities with Kenny and Ben. She nearly ends up getting hit by Mr. Holtenwasser's car after playing on a makeshift slip-and-slide. After falling out of a tree and getting the wind knocked out of her, Bill blows up at her. She starts to cry, though the message seems to resonate with her and she asks Bill to carry her home.

Sue organizes her Plast-a-Ware orders while her husband and kids are out. After completing her orders and check list, she then realizes she has nothing else to do all day. She has an emotional breakdown and begins crying into a plast-a-ware bowl. She later talks to Major about her problems while bribing him with Cheese slices to get him to stay.

## Characters

### Major

* Frank Murphy
* Sue Murphy
* Kevin Murphy
* Bill Murphy
* Maureen Murphy
* Major
* Bob Pogo
* Ben
* Kenny
* Rosie Roosevelt
* Carl
* Red

### Minor

* Chauncey Roosevelt
* Vic Reynolds
* Otto Holtenwasser
* Colt Luger (On TV)
* Fruity (On TV)
* Ed Murtaugh (Video)
* Unnamed Man
* Police Officer

## Trivia

* **Title Reference:** The classic rock song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2.
* First occurrence of the running gag of Frank threatening to "put [somebody] through that fucking wall".
* The majority of the episode takes place on October 13, 1973.

### Errors

* In the scene where Bob gives Frank tickets for the upcoming Rustys vs. Piledrivers game, both tickets have the same section, row, and seat number—Section 112, Row 31, Seat 12.

## Quotes

**Sue**: Do you want to tell me what this is?
**Kevin**: What?
**Sue**: This. This failure notice from your school?
**Kevin**: If you're such an expert on what it is, why did you have to ask me?
**Sue**: Don't start.

**Sue**: Honestly, Kevin, you're in danger of failing in every class you have.
**Kevin**: *[mumbles]* Not every class. I'm acing speech.
**Sue**: *[angry]* What did you say?!
**Kevin**: *[louder]* I said I'm acing speech!

**Kevin:** How can you watch this? It's barbaric.
**Frank:** *(impressed)*It's art. Beautiful, beautiful art.
*(**Asian character on TV:** Agh! My skin is bubbring.)*
**Frank:** *(smug)* Hey, I got an idea. If you don't like this, go to your room and watch what you want on **YOUR** TV. Oh, that's right! You don't have one 'cause it's my fucking house, ha-ha!

**Kevin:** Ah, that's real funny Dad! You know what else is funny?
**Frank:** Aside from your haircut, what?
**Kevin:** This! *(throws Frank the TV catalogue)*
**Frank:** *(shocked)* Bella Abzug!?
**Kevin:** No. *(pulls out his failure notice)* This!

**Frank:** *(outraged)* Unbelievable. Unbelievable! You got one job, pay attention and pass your classes!
**Kevin:** *(acting like a smartass)* That's **TWO** jobs!

**Frank:** No son of mine's gonna flunk out.
**Kevin:** I don't care. I hate school.
**Frank:** Well, I hate my life, but I keep on doing it! I got a mortgage, I got dependents, and I gotta go downtown every damn day to run that airport!
**Kevin:** Please, you're just a baggage handler.
*[Frank stops for a brief moment while everyone else gets nervous about what Frank is going to do next]*
**Frank:** *(sternly)*What the **fuck** did you just call me?!

**Frank:** I need you two to play nice, and don't get into any trouble. *(to Bill)* And I am putting you in charge of your sister today. You got that?
**Bill:** Yep.
**Frank:** Okay, if anything bad happens to her, I want you to call me at work. Okay, buddy?
**Bill:** Sure, dad.
**Frank:** Good. 'Cause then, I will come right home, and I will put you through that fucking wall. *(Bill becomes shocked)* Have a great day, Princess.