THE STOLEN BIKE

Series 1 Episode 2
Write the names of the characters on the photo Does Claire want to speak with her?
above. If not, why not?

What question does Jay ask?

Where does she live?

What does key mean in Jay's question?

How long has she lived there?

What jobs does Cameron say? (4) What is the house like?
1....................... 2.........................
3....................... 4......................... What does Phil say his job is?

What does Mitchell say? What is his real job?

A - Patience B - Patients
Describe Phil's behaviour.
Why does Mitchell say this?

Describe Claire's attitude.

What is Phil's answer? Complete the answers below.

Be their ____________ Does Claire want to continue talking?
Stay in _____________
Don't do ____________ Does Claire want to be friends with Desiree
If not, why not?
Does Claire (his wife) agree?
Meeting later.
(A) Desiree invites Claire and Phil to her house
(B) Phil invites Desiree to his house
Who do Phil and Claire meet? (C) Claire invites Desiree to her house

What is the person they meet doing? Why does Phil almost crash his bike in to Luke?

What are Phil and Claire doing when they meet her?
Whose bike is Luke riding?
(His sister's bike)

Why does Luke not have his own bike?

Why does Claire think this?

Why does Phil think Luke should have his own bike?
What does ridicule mean?

Who do they meet next?

What is he doing?
(A) Driving his car (B) Washing his car
. (C) Diving his car (D) Riding his car

Does Jay like Luke's bike?

When is Luke getting a new bike?

Where are Mitchell and Cameron going?

What does put your foot down mean? (A) On holiday (B) To school
(C) Toddler play class (D) To play chess
. (E) Airport
Who is the old lady
Where does Cameron say they aren't going to?

Why does Phil pause and look over his shoulder

before saying that's too damn bad? What does he mean when he says we are going to be
judged?

Why might the other parents judge them?

What does just chill mean?

What does first impression mean?

What does today is about Lilly mean?

What does Mitchell ask Cameron to do?

What does Cameron say he will put on?

What are khakis?

(A) Light brown trousers (used for work or .
casual occasions)
(B) Shoes
(C) Glasses
(D) Make up

Why would changing the shirt not help?

3 minutes 30 seconds What time does Manny say they must finish putting up the
fan?

Why must they finish at that time?

What is a noose?

Why does Gloria want them to put up the fan?

What ride is Manny's father going to take him on?

Where did Jay call? Why does Manny think his father is not scared of anything?

What did he ask for? What did Manny's father kill

What do the instructions for the ceiling fan warn of?

What does Jay tell Gloria to pack?

What does Jay think about Manny and tell him that he does
What does Gloria normally wear in a hot tub? too much?

Where is Manny going Why can Manny's father drink so much?

What does keep us grounded mean? Is Jay impressed by Manny's father?

Does Jay think it is positive? In what way is Manny's father like Superman?

How are they travelling to Napa

How does Mitchell feel when he arrives at the activity
center?
What time will they leave?

What is Cameron's solution?

What does Jay want to do?

What does Gloria want him to do? What were the other parents doing when they
arrived?

What was Jay going to do to install the fan?

Why is important for Jay to do it?

7 minutes 11 minutes 11seconds

What does Phil see while he is walking along the What does Gloria bring for her boys?
road?
Who are her boys?
How long is it after he bought the bicycle for Luke?

What does Gloria have to do?

What can Phil hear?

What does Manny say that Jay has done twice?

What did Phil decide to do?

Why? In addition to making you laugh what do Salazar and El

Oso do?

Where does Phil leave the bike

What does Luke say happened to his bike?

Has the bike been stolen?

What do you call people who steal bikes?

What must Phil do to the step?

What does Phil tell Luke he must not do while he is

gone?
What is Mitchell's job?
What can Luke scratch?
What is Cameron's job?

What does Cameron say he does?

What are the three good items of news?
What things are the parents going to do?
What does Phil decide to do with the bike?

What does Desiree say she has done?

What does dump mean?
How does she feel?
Why does Phil want to return the bike?
How does she suggested that Phil can get in the
house?
Why did he suddenly stop his car?

Is Phil attracted to Desiree

When Jay says Manny gave him the wrong screwdriver,
what does Manny reply?
When would he act on it?

Who does Manny think is better with tools Jay or his

What happens when he comes out of the house?
father?

Why?
Did Phil insure the bike the first time?

Why not?
What happens to one of the blades of the ceiling fan?

Did Phil decide to insure the bike the second time he

What does Manny think has happened to his arm?
buys one?

Is Manny happy living there?

14:20 Where is Manny?

Where does Phil tell Claire he was when the bike

was stolen? Why is he there?

Why didn't his wife believe him at first? Who calls?

Where was the first bike? Why can't Manny's dad come to get him?

Who put it there? What does jay tell Manny?

Where did the neighbour say Phil was? Does Manny believe him?

What does making that up mean

Who sent the limo?

What does Jay say the key is to being a great father?

What does Phil say he is doing to the bike.

What does Mitchell want Lilly to do?

What does the teacher say Henry is doing?

What does Mitchell do with the other child's blocks.

What does he say to Lilly

Why does he want to leave suddenly?

What does Mitchell tell Cam that he has done?

When will Cam be able to see it?

What upsets Cam?

What does Cam want to do?

What does Cam do to the other gay guy while

dancing
WITH ANSWERS

Write the names of the characters on the photo above.

What question does Jay ask?

(What is the key to being a great dad?)

What does key mean?

(Most important)

What jobs does Cameron say? (4)

(painter, poet, pilot, president)

What does Mitchell say?

A - Patience B - Patients

Why does Mitchell say this?

(Cameron is talking a lot and not giving Mitchell a chance to reply)

What is Phil's answer? Complete the answers below.

Be their ____________ (buddy)
Stay in _____________ (School)
Don't do ____________ (drugs)

Does Claire (his wife) agree?

Who do Phil and Claire meet?

Desiree (a new neighbour)

What is the person they meet doing?

What are Phil and Claire doing?

Does Claire want to speak with her?

If not, why not?
(Not well dressed, no make up, sweating, does not like her, Desiree is more beautiful,
worried about her husband getting to know the neighbour)

Where does she live?

(Number 314)

How long has she lived there?

(Just moved in)

What is the house like?

What does Phil say his job is?

Real estate mogul, then real estate agent
What is the difference between the two???

What is his real job?

Real estate agent

Describe Phil's behaviour

(nervous)

Describe Claire's attitude, does Claire want to continue talking

(E) uncomfortable
Does Claire want to be friends with Desiree
If not, why not?

Meeting later.
(A) Desiree invites Claire and Phil to her house
(B) Phil invites Desiree to his house
(C) Claire invites Desiree to her house

Why does Phil almost crash his bike in to Luke?

Whose bike is Luke riding?

(His sister's bike)

Why does Luke not have his own bike?

(Claire thinks he is not responsible enough)
Why does Claire think this? (He spilled soda on the computer and used the digital camera
underwater.

Why does Phil think Luke should have his own bike?
(It is a girls bike and he might be bullied)

What does ridicule mean?

(To make fun of, mock, laugh at)

Who do they meet next?

(Jay)

What is he doing?
(A) Driving his car (B) Washing his car (C) Diving his car (D) Riding his car

Does Jay like Luke's bike?

(No)

When is Luke getting a new bike?

(in the afternoon)

What does put your foot down mean?

(to tell someone in a strong way that they must do something or that they must stop doing
something)

Who is the old lady

(his wife, Claire)

Why does Phil pause and look over his shoulder before saying that's too damn bad?
(To see if his wife is listening)

Where are Mitchell and Cameron going?

(A) On holiday (B) To school (C) Toddler play class (D) To play chess (E) Airport

Where does Cameron say they aren't going to?

(Cabo ie Cabo San Lucas a popular Mexican destination)

What does he mean when he says we are going to be judged?

(Other parents will decide if they are good or bad people, people they will accept or want to
be friends with)
Why might the other parents judge them?
(Because they are different from normal parents (they are gay, not a husband and wife))

What does just chill mean?

(Relax)

What does first impression mean?

(what someone thinks the first time they see you)

What does today is about Lilly mean?

(It means they should concentrate on making the day the best they can for her and not
focus on themselves)

What does Mitchell ask Cameron to do?

(Change his shirt)

What does Cameron say he will put on?

(A pair of kakis and a polo shirt)

What are khakis?

(A) Light brown trousers (used for work or casual occasions)
(B) Shoes
(C) Glasses
(D) Make up

(Khakis in the USA are light tan coloured trousers which are formal enough for office-wear,
if a suit is not required and casual enough to relax in. It is also a colour)

Why would changing the shirt not help?

They are obviously a gay couple, as they adopted a daughter together.

3 minutes 30 seconds

Where did Jay call?

A place in Napa
(What is Napa it is an area (county) located north of San Francisco in California famous for
its wines)

What did he ask for?

(An upgrade to a villa with a hot tub)

What does Jay tell Gloria to pack?

(what she normally wears in a hot tub)

What does Gloria normally wear in a hot tub?

(nothing)

Where is Manny going

(He is going with his father to Disneyland)

What does keep us grounded mean?

(It means keeps them from being too extravagant and having a normal life)

Does Jay think it is positive?

(No he says it is like fog in an airport)

How are they travelling to Napa (In a limo)

What time will they leave?
4PM

What does Jay want to do?

Go and play golf, hit a few balls

What does Gloria want him to do?

Put up the fan in Manny's room

What was Jay thinking about doing to intall the fan?

Calling someone to put it up.

Why is important for Jay to do it?

So Manny learns how to do things for himself
It is important in his culture that men know how to do physical work.

Who does not think that Luke can take care of his new bike?

What does having a new bike give Luke an opportunity to do?

Show responsibility.

What is a jerk?
(In this context - Someone who is dumb or an idiot)

What is the other rule?

(Have 3 butt loads of fun ie lots of fun)

What time does Manny say they must finish putting up the fan?
(3)

Why must they finish at that time?

(His father is coming to pick him up)

What is a noose?
A rope used to hang a person.

Why does Gloria want them to put up the fan?

(Because they do not get along together)

What ride is Manny's father going to take him on?

Space mountain.

Why does Manny think his father is not scared of anything?

(He does not wear a seat belt when he drives)

What did Manny's father kill

A bear

What do the instructions for the ceiling fan warn of?

Electric shock, serious injury and death

What does Jay think about Manny and tell him that he does too much?
(He thinks he worries too much)
Why can Manny's father drink so much?
(He was struck by lightning)

Is Jay impressed by Manny's father?

In what way is Manny's father like Superman?

(they both landed (arrived) in the US illegally)

How does Mitchell feel when he arrives at the activity center?

(Nervous)

What is Cameron's solution?

He tells Phil they should just be themselves.

What were the other parents doing when they arrived?

Blowing bubbles.

What does Phil see while he is walking along the road?

Luke's Bicycle

How long is it after he bought the bicycle for luke?

(10 minutes)

What can Phil hear?

(Claire's voice saying Luke is not responsible)

What did Phil decide to do?

Take the bike.

Why?
(To teach Luke a lesson)

What is Mitchell's job?

What is Cameron's job?

What does Cameron say he does?

Grill (cook) and shoot baskets

What things are the parents going to do?

Dance, blocks, finger painting, family dance

What does Desiree say she has done?

(Locked herself out of the house)

How does she feel?

Embarrassed

How does she suggested that Phil can get in the house?
(Through a window)
Is Phil attracted to Desiree
Yes

When would he act on it?

(After his wife is dead)

What happens when he comes out of the house?

(He sees the bike is missing)

Did Phil insure the bike the first time?

(No)

Why not?
(Insurance is for suckers)

Did Phil decide to insure the bike the second time he buys one?
(Yes)

What does Gloria bring for her boys?

(A drink)

What does Gloria have to do?

(Get stuff for her trip)

What does Manny say that Jay has done twice?

(Shocked himself i.e. an electric shock)

In addition to making you laugh what do salazar and El Oso do?

(They make you think)

Where does Phil leave the bike

(In the entrance hall, at the bottom of the stairs)

What does Luke say happened to his bike?

Has the bike been stolen?

(No)

What do you call people who steal bikes?

(thieves)

What must Phil do to the step?

(Fix it)

What does Phil tell Luke he must not do while he is gone?

(Scratch anything)

What can Luke scratch?

(He can scratch an itch.)

What are the three good items of news?

Luke has his bike
 Phil taught someone a lesson by stealing his bike
Claire knows nothing

What does Phil decide to do with the bike?

dump the bike where he stole the first bike from

What does dump mean?

Leave something in a hurry and without care or consideration.

Why does Phil want to return the bike?

To avoid embarrassing questions why he got a second bike and why he climbed through
the window.

Why did he suddenly stop his car?

He saw Claire

When Jay says Manny gave him the wrong screwdriver, what does Manny suggest?
(He is using it wrong)

Who does Manny think is better with tools Jay or his father?
(His father)

Why?
(His father can get the wheels off a car in less than a minute)

What happens to one of the blades of the ceiling fan?

(It falls on Mannys arm)

What does Manny think has happened to his arm?

He thinks it is broken

Is Manny happy living there?

(No)

Where does Phil tell Claire he was when the bike was stolen.
Getting gas and a soda

Why didn't his wife believe him at first?

Because he would be near the car when getting gasoline

Where was the first bike?

In Desiree's garage

Who put it there?

Her neighbour

Where did she say Phil was?

In her bedroom.

What does Mitchell want Lilly to do?

Grab a block

What does the teacher say Henry is doing?

Stacking
What does Mitchell do with the other child's blocks.
(He takes them, slides them in front of Lilly)

What does he say to Lilly

(To not build the blocks so high)

Why does he want to leave suddenly?

(The woman is going to give them a tape, which will show him taking the other blocks)

What does Mitchell tell Cam that he has done?

(Stolen a baby's intellectual property)

When will Cam be able to see it?

(That night on the news)

What upsets Cam?

(Another gay couple come in, they are warmly welcomed and obviously gay. Mitchell had
stopped Cameron from being very gay while at the play group)

What does Cam want to do?

Dance for his baby.

What does Cam do to the other gay guy while dancing

(Bumps him out of the way)
Where is Manny?
Sitting outside on the curb.

Why is he there?
He is waiting for his dad

Who calls?
Javier, Manny's dad

Why can't Manny's dad come to get him?

(He is gambling playing craps)

What does jay tell Manny?

(His father gave up a seat on the plane for an old lady, but his father sent the limo so Gloria
and Jay could take him to Disney land)

Does Manny believe him?

(Not at first, he says he is making that up)

What does making that up mean

(Not telling the truth or inventing a story)

Who sent the limo?

(Jay says it was sent by Manny's father)

What does Jay say the key is to being a great father?

(90% is just showing up)

What does Phil say he is doing to the bike.

(Putting it back)