| Driving Frank | |
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| Debra driving with Frank and the kids in "Driving Frank" | |
| Season | 3 |
| Episode | 2 |
| Air Date | September 28, 1998 (USA) October 8, 2004 (Canada) |
| Cast | Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten |
| Director(s) | Will Mackenzie |
| Writer(s) | Cindy Chupack |
| Preceded by | The Invasion |
| Followed by | The Sitter |
Driving Frank is the second episode of Season 3, and is episode 49 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series. In this episode, Ray and the family finds out that Frank's driver's license is expired.
Episode Information[]
- Episode Title: Driving Frank
- Episode Number: Season 3, Episode 2 (#49 of 210)
- Air Date: September 28, 1998
- Episode description (from DVD): "Frank hits Robert's patrol car and needs to take a driving test."
- Cast:
- Ray Romano as Ray
- Patricia Heaton as Debra
- Brad Garrett as Robert
- Doris Roberts as Marie
- Peter Boyle as Frank
- Madylin Sweeten as Ally
- Sawyer Sweeten as Geoffrey
- Sullivan Sweeten as Michael
- Crew:
- Will Mackenzie - Director
- Cindy Chupack - Writer
- Preceded by: "The Invasion"
- Followed by: "The Sitter"
Synopsis[]
One night, Robert gets in a conflict with Frank on the way out to his nightly patrol because he hit his car by backing out of the driveway without looking. Frank refuses to see his driver's license so Robert gives him a ticket for hitting a police car. Frank turns the tables on him by kicking him out for the night to stay at Ray's house, claiming that Frank can get Robert arrested for "breaking and entering".
Once Ray and Debra notice, the latter tells them that Frank is banned from driving the kids anymore for his bad driving. The next day, Frank and Marie come to take the kids to The Happy Zone but Ray and Debra come with them to supervise. Ray goes with Frank to the Happy Zone and reveal to Debra and Marie that they got into a conflict with a family in a funeral procession that Frank had cut off the hearse. Frank then reveals his driver's license had expired last year, finally getting Ray to understand that Debra does not want Frank to drive the kids anymore. Ray then takes away the car keys from Frank and gives them to Marie.
The next morning, Frank honks the horn in front of Ray's house because he is finally going to get his driver's license renewed. However, he needs Ray to ride with him because a student whether or not they're a senior citizen but his DMV tests are at 7:30 AM and needs to get Ray going early for them. However, his bad driving continues with him accidentally cutting off a driver while driving off, giving a pedestrian the middle finger, running a stop sign, and nearly running a red light. Despite not being a good driver, he still managed to pass all his DMV tests (the writing, the seeing, the driving tests).
Even though he has a new license, Debra still bans Frank from driving the kids because he is getting older.
Running Gags[]
- This is one of the many, many episodes in which Frank refers to his sons as both "Sally" and "Nancy".
Trivia[]
- This is the only time in the series that the viewer gets to see the Happy Zone, which is a Chuck E. Cheese's type of place with skeeball, ball pits and arcade-style video games.
Quotes[]
- FRANK: This whole family's a bunch of pansies.
- FRANK: (mouth full of pizza) What are you blubbering about?
- RAY: You! You're a terrible driver!
- FRANK: I'm a great driver.
- RAY: Dad, we almost got hit!
- FRANK: It was in my blind spot!
- RAY: (incredulous) A twenty-car funeral procession? That's not a blind spot, Dad. That's west!
External links[]
| Season 3 Episodes |
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The Invasion • Driving Frank • The Sitter • Getting Even • The Visit • Halloween Candy • Moving Out • The Article • The Lone Barone • No Fat • The Apartment • The Toaster • Ping Pong • Pants on Fire • Robert's Date • Frank's Tribute • Cruising with Marie • Ray Home Alone • Big Shots • Move Over • The Getaway • Working Girl • Be Nice • Dancing with Debra • Robert Moves Back • How They Met |