5. Vow of Silence

Complete story — includes the ending

The Greenes are set to embark on a three-month trip to New York for Sammi to attend a Juilliard School summer program. At the "farewell party", Larry is forced to park outside the parking space boundaries because a Red Volvo had done so as well. Later, Larry runs into Matt Tessler ( Michael McKean ), who asks him to participate in a charity event; Larry feigns an excuse by saying he will be in New York. Tessler later tells Larry that the event has been postponed, so Larry tells him he will be in New York for three months. Tessler, in response, offers Larry his friend's apartment in Manhattan, forcing Larry to actually fly to New York. The Greenes' dog, Oscar, becomes terminally ill and is forced to be euthanized. Susie asks Larry and Jeff to pick up Pinkberry frozen yogurt for Oscar as his last meal. However, on the drive back, the two inadvertently eat the frozen yogurt, which is witnessed by their friend Vance ( Michael Hitchcock ) on the street. Larry and Jeff lie to Susie that the store had closed, forcing Oscar to be put down without a last meal. At Oscar's Shiva, Vance (who has taken a "vow of silence" and can only communicate through mouthing) attempts to tell Susie about Larry and Jeff eating the yogurt, but they manage to stop him. Later, while meeting with Jeff and Susie, Larry finds the Red Volvo that had parked out of boundaries and leaves an angry note on the car. Vance, who is the car's owner, finds the note and sees Larry; Vance proceeds to break his vow of silence and yells the truth to Susie, angering her.