Bill Murphy's Night Off

**Bill Murphy's Night Off** is the Season 3 finale of ***F is for Family***.

## Summary

As Bill and Bridget proceed to run off together, she changes her mind at the last second, leaving him stuck on his own. The entire neighborhood proceeds to search for Bill before it's too late, while Rosie deals with his debate for Alderman. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that William Murphy, Frank's estranged dad, is coming back to Rustvale.

## Extended Plot

Bill tries to run away with Bridget to Pittsburgh, but the latter bails and Bill soon escapes the train to find a way back home while his family and friends band together to find him.

## Trivia

* **Title Reference:** Bill running off with Bridget; the title is also a reference to the Season 1 episode: Bill Murphy's Day Off.
* Frank finally manages to repair his broken relationships with his children.
* Everyone discovers that Frank's father, William Murphy, will be staying with them when he arrives home on 30th.
* Babe admits he cheats on Marie by saying he will never think of Vic in the bedroom again.
* The Murphy House is revealed to be one block away from the Fitzsimmons House.
* It's also revealed by William Murphy's Tulsa postcard that the Murphy House address is 202 Slagtree Court, Rustvale.

## Quotes

**Mr. Fitzsimmons:** If THAT little bastard ever tried to sit on my shoulder, I'd blast him with a fire hose. Make Bull Connor look like fuckin' Santa Claus.

**Jimmy:** (adoring) I'm learning so much from you, Papa.

*\*A handful of mud hits the window\**

**Jimmy and Mr. Fitzsimmons:** WHAT THE SHIT??

**Frank:** (from outside) HEY! WHERE THE HELL'S MY SON?

**Mr. Fitzsimmons:** GET OFF MY LAWN, MURPHY!

**Frank:** This isn't your lawn, it's dirt with green paint! AND YOU RENT THE PLACE, YA FUCKIN' GYPSY!!

**Mr. Fitzsimons: FUCK YOU!!!**

**Frank:** You're a terrible father, and your house smells like a bear pissed in it!

**Mr. Fitzsimmons:** At least I got all my kids, asshole!

[Frank becomes surprised and he and the rest of his family drive off to the train tracks]

**Mr. Fitzsimmons:** Just tell me the truth, Sweet Pea. Daddy won't be mad. \*after a pause\* Did you kill the boy?

**Bridget:** (outraged) GO SHIT IN YOUR FIST, OLD MAN!

[Bridget goes to her room]

**Jimmy:** She scares me, Dad. She scares me right proper.

"This is a waste of time. I took my wedding and funeral suit out of storage for NOTHIN'."

-Alderman Chauncey Roosevelt

**Sue:** Oh my God, there he is!

**Frank:** That's my son down there! *\*Grabs bullhorn\** Bill we're here! Daddy's gonna save you!

**Bill:** GO TO HELL!

**Frank:** WHAT THE **FUCK** DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME??

**Bill: I'M FUCKING MAD AT YOU! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME, DAD! YOU NEVER CARED ABOUT ME!** YOU DIDN'T TAKE ME TO HOCKEY TRYOUTS BECAUSE YOUR STUPID FAT BOSS WAS EATING CHOCOLATE IN YOUR TRUCK!!

**Bob Pogo:** A PUERTO RICAN FORCED ME TO DO THAT!

**Bill:** All you ever do is yell at me and call me a pussy! A guy EXPLODED in front of me, and you told me to SHOVE IT DOWN!?? And when I needed you today, you told me, 'Not now.' **WELL HOW ABOUT NOW, DAD???**

**Babe:** Oh thank God, I can get out of this thing now! Uh, what does that flashing fuel light mean?

**Vic:** It means I've got about five minutes to get this sucker on the ground. Unless the light came on five minutes ago and I was too high to see it. *\*Laughs\**

**Otto Holtenwasser: YOU'RE MESHUGGENER!!!**

*\*Bill is knocked into the culvert by a falling streetlight, and his jacket is stuck to a shopping cart preventing him from moving down the current\**

*\*Meanwhile, Vic's helicopter falls into the culvert and is taken downstream\**

**Vic:** Hey Bill, your dad sent us! Glad we could help!

**Babe:** YOU FUCKING DOPE FIEND!

**Bill: DOES IT EVER FAIL???**