When Sophia gets hit in the head by a baseball at a game, Stan encourages her to exaggerate her injuries to try and get a class action settlement out of it.
Tropes:
- Artistic License – Sports: Miami did not have a major league team until 1993.
- Fake Orgasm: Implied. Sophia is pretending to be paralyzed after an accident to file a lawsuit, and, as Dorothy talks about it, Blanche mistakes what she's saying:Dorothy: There's no doubt about it, she's faking.
Blanche: Uh uh, I didn't learn to do that 'til I was married. - Hollywood Heart Attack: Dorothy tries faking one in an attempt to expose Sophia as a malingerer. It fails.
- Inadvertent Entrance Cue: Stan takes Dorothy and Sophia to a baseball game. As Dorothy finds her seat, she remarks that she's lucky, as she "usually ends up sitting next to a fat, sweaty man who insists on taking his shirt off..." facing away from the fat, sweaty man who is coming up behind her and taking his shirt off. "What kept you?"
- Non Sequitur, *Thud*: After Sophia is whacked on the head by a fly ball while at the ballpark with Dorothy and Stan:Dorothy: Ma, are you all right?!Sophia: Fine, fine. Only next time, Salvatore, either we start lower on the bed or remove the headboard. [falls unconscious]
- Playing Sick: After Sophia is whacked on the head by a fly ball at a baseball game, Stan convinces her to pretend she's paralyzed so they can sue the park and get a big cash settlement. Sophia goes along with it at first (although Dorothy is not fooled), but eventually guilt gets the better of her when she sees how many people in the hospital waiting room seem legitimately injured. It's then revealed that everyone in the waiting room is also faking, as Dorothy put them up to it to shame her mother into confessing.
- The Worst Seat in the House: The seats at the baseball game are high up, but Dorothy says it's not that bad...at least until the fat, sweaty guy next to her takes his shirt off and a home run hit Sophia in the head.
