"Throwing rocks at houses? Is that legal?"
A Plot: After Brent splits from the Leroy family curling team over creative differences, the two generations form their own teams and aggressively attempt to recruit Lacey, who knows nothing about curling.
B Plot: Davis puts Karen in charge of guarding the Clavet Cup, the trophy awarded to the top curling team. Karen thinks of it as a waste of time.
Tropes Referenced:
- Cannot Tell a Joke: Lacey's attempts at curling humour leave much to be desired.
- Comically Small Bribe: After Oscar and Emma ask Lacey to be on their team, Brent attempts to "up the ante" and sway Lacey to his team instead by asking her "Will you be on our team please?" Wanda sarcastically notes, "Good ante-ing".
- Damned by Faint Praise: When Lacey has been kicked out of Team Leroy: The First Generation due to Myrtle showing up.Wanda: You did your best, Lacey, but you're no drug-addicted old broad straight out of hip surgery.
- Double Speak: Karen didn't lose the Clavet Cup, she is just "unable to ascertain its whereabouts at this juncture".Davis: I taught you police mumbo-jumbo. Don't try it on me.
- Down to the Last Play: Lampshaded, along with Mr. Exposition and As You Know:Hank: Emma just has to make this shot and they win the game.
Wanda: I know. I've been sitting here watching the whole thing with you.
Lacey: Yes, but this information is helpful to me and anyone else who hasn't been able to observe the entire match.
Hank: Yeah. So to summarize, if Emma makes this shot, Oscar and Emma win the Clavet Cup, which will be the dramatic conclusion to these events.
Wanda: [loudly and sarcastically] Everybody get that? - Exact Words: Regarding Archie Clavet:Karen: Everybody loved Archie Clavet.
Davis: Nobody loved Archie Clavet. He was a liar, a thief, a racist, and a bigamist.
Karen: But you said he was great and well respected.
Davis: No, I said he was a great curler. You gotta respect that. - Humor Dissonance: In-universe, both Leroy teams start fake-laughing at Lacey's bad jokes to convince her to join them.
- Intoxication Ensues: Emma thinks that the reason Myrtle gets frequent hip replacements is because she's hooked on the pain killers.Myrtle: [talking to Emma on the phone, after Emma had already hung up a minute ago] ...And the moon farthest from Jupiter has a cave on it, so there's no reason to bring a tent.
- Lowered Recruiting Standards: Both Team Leroys try to get Lacey on their team, not because she's any good, but because there is literally no other woman who can play, and the teams must have two of each gender.
- Mondegreen Gag: Lacey thinks the common curling saying "hurry hard" is "have a heart". She shouts it at the match and is ridiculed for it.Hank: I think you mean "hurry hard". Or is this another one of your "hilarious" jokes?
Lacey: No! I thought it was "have a heart".
Wanda: Maybe you should shout internally. - Pretender Diss: Once Team Leroy: The Next Generation no longer has to pretend to like Lacey's bad curling jokes, they gang up on her with some savage snark.Lacey: You guys don't like jokes either?
Hank: Oh, we like jokes.
Brent: We're all for jokes.
Wanda: Did someone tell a joke? - Serious Business: The Clavet Cup, much to Karen's surprise.
- Shout-Out:
- When Brent forms his own curling team and asks Wanda to join with him, she correctly guesses that he rented Jerry Maguire the night before.
- Davis compares Emma to The Hulk because the angrier she gets, the harder she throws the curling stones.
- When Brent is trying to think of a name for his new Team Leroy, Wanda suggests "Team Leroy: The Next Generation". Brent says there may be some copyright issues with the name, but he still ends up using it.
- Title Drop
