Gil laughing after his youngest son trashes a school play, showing he can take joy in the roller coaster of life.
Tod, bonding with Garry and showing signs of being a positive parental substitute for Garry's worthless Disappeared Dad.
Highlighted by Tod's speech about parenting:
You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car. Hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.
Prior to that, Helen has a sincere moment with Garry where she reassures him that he's a great kid who just had the bad luck of having a rotten excuse for a father and they both just need to learn to say "to hell with him".
Helen literally shaking some sense into Julie when she freaks out about Tod's accident—"This is marriage!."
Paired with Tearjerker, Frank's achingly simple, yet bizarrely gentle version of Brutal Honesty in his conversation with grandson Cool:
Frank: No.(Beat) Would you like to stay here with us?
Cool: (smiles and nods) Yeah.
Frank: Okay, then.
Gil and Frank finally bonding.
The ending. Admit it, you teared up.
Kevin's birthday party, which almost turns into a disappointment for him- when a misunderstanding causes Cowboy Dan not to come, only for his dad to save the day and be the cowboy entertainer himself, thus making his birthday a huge success.
2010 TV Series
Zeek's "I did not give you permission to mess with my dreams" speech in the season 2 finale.
Towards the end of season 3 when Sarah trusts Amber to figure out her own problems when she and her boss have romantic feelings for each other. Also a show of Character Development on her part.
