That explains why he was there. But what was the dog looking for?

Id actually vouch for Postcards from the Edge. You see it from time to time but I wouldn’t consider it one of her most famous works.  And it had Mary Wickes and Mr. Drummond as her grandparents. 

YOU CAN’T FORCE ME TO BED! I’M SUPERMAN, DADDY!

NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ABOUT GODDAMN SUPER HEROES.   

Except for the fact that people DID smoke like chimneys in small town Indiana in the 80s. It's very common for people to start (or re-start) smoking when stressed.

With all the predictions of road damage, I think I found why the DOD wanted to send in the Shermans…

Playing pinochle all the while.

MTV and their liwbrow reality shows...

It’s where the brain worms enter and exit.

“This pipe wrench’ll open that fuckin' rusted-on sink line quicker than nuthin’. Take it from me, Liv Tyler.”

While I’d generally agree with you on the trope being overused, it’s framed far better than you imply here. This ends up being a lot more about Mike having developed into a genuine teenage asshole to Hopper than said policing.

So...parents in these things should just trust their teens to govern themselves when it comes to sexual involvement?

Dunno, hard to compete with this already existing (and completely accurate) biopic concerning that time in history where Elvis and JFK met...

[Slumps]

Come on, these guys are big name Hollywood stars. I think they can afford store brand anal lube.

Finally knowing what that stupid word is supposed to mean just makes most of the usage I’ve seen make even less sense.

Hey. I get it.

Woops, you know what I mean. I’ll meet with an english professor if you meet with a therapist.

GOOD TO SEE YOU UNDERSTAND!

HI, I CLICKED ON THIS THING I HATE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT I HATE THIS THING.