Our first official show of 2021 focuses on a saying Scott has been using for years: You never know what anyone else has got going on.

"Fooled ‘em again. Made it through another day where everyone thought I knew what I was doing. And I don’t feel like I knew anything. I don’t even know how I made it through the day."

That line, from early in the show, illustrates Scott's mentality, professionally and as a parent. How much do people keep to themselves, so as not to let the outside world -- or your kids -- see that you aren't always in control?

"Do you feel like it’s okay to be able to show your emotion in front of your kids?"

Dan's brotherly reply?
"Scott Levy is the one person who could sell ice to an eskimo but doesn’t know what ice is made of."
and..
"I can’t believe I’m the one giving you advice. This is awesome! 2021 is THE BEST."

Other lines from the episode, totally without context:

"When we were younger, I hated playing RummiKub with you."

"I don’t have any skeletons in my closet because I threw them all on the floor. Who wants a bone? Who wants a femur? Anyone? Clavicle?"

"Tell the people what they’ve won."

"You’re watching The Good Wife for the third time?"

"Playing chess against yourself….THAT is a difficult game to play."

"I marvel sometimes — I never understood how mom had everything together...As I became a parent, and a divorced dad."

"Everyone is going to laugh in vomitous fashion." 

"You're like mom and I'm like dad. You need to hold everything together and not let anybody see how difficult it is. And I need every single person to deal with my shit, because I can't deal with it myself, so I need you to deal with it."

"Sometimes I know, and don’t care."

"I can talk fast. I choose to talk slower and more deliberately because I get my point across better. That’s a learned skill."

"Your pauses are very pregnant. You’re having triplets sometimes with the pregnancy of your pauses."
"It’s deliberate."
"It’s a pain in the ass. Get to the point I need to edit this!"

"As the year kicks off, we need to be more mindful of what other people may have going on that you’re not aware of."

"One day you have frozen peas on your elbow and they’re like, 'dad, what the hell are you doing?'"

"Sometimes you still have to carry the groceries in."

"That was amazing."
"Thank you."
"Well, not amazing enough to get past me."

"By the way, we are divorced dads, but we’re humans. And that’s a lot of what this show is."