The Thanksgiving Dinner

> *"(sigh) At this rate we'll all be having fast food for dinner"* -Micheal Wattson
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**The Thanksgiving Dinner** is the first episode of the fifth season of Carl, the forty-first episode overall, and the last Carl episode of 2020. The episode is the first Thanksgiving video out of all of FreezeFlame22's shows, though it came out three days after Thanksgiving. In the episode, the Mitchell family host a Thanksgiving dinner, initially only intending to invite Grace, Felix and Staffordshire, as well as Linda's father Michael Wattson, returning from *Carl's Grandpa*, and Calvin's mother Sheila, a new character debuting in the episode. However as the episode progresses more and more people show up for dinner, causing stress for Linda. John, Calvin's father, also returning from *Carl's Grandpa*, is excluded from the dinner, which he doesn't take kindly to.

## Plot

The episode starts with the Mitchell family sitting down to dinner, discussing Thanksgiving. Linda states that Wattson and Sheila are coming, which excites Carrie and Sally, however the two are then let down when they are told John will not be coming, due to him arguing with Sheila at Linda's birthday dinner previously, as well as breaking the coffee table. They also discuss Grace, Felix and Staffordshire coming, which frustrates Calvin.

Carl, Marvin, Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo are then shown at Goomburger discussing their Thanksgiving plans. Dry Bones comes out with a plan for a made-up Thanksgiving party in his usual manor, while Blooper reveals his family will not be having a Thanksgiving dinner at all this year, and Boo states his family always has Subway sandwiches for dinner. Feeling bad for the two, Carl invites Blooper and Boo to spend Thanksgiving at their house, which the two accept. John then enters asking Carl if he's looking forward to Thanksgiving, and if anything's planned, which Carl awkwardly lies to John and tells him that he is unaware. John is then escorted out of Goomburger by Harry and Mark, after throwing up on the floor.

Grace, Talia, Roxanne and Kylie are then shown at Grace's house discussing Thanksgiving plans. Roxanne has plans with Tucker while Kylie has plans with Emily, however Talia isn't planning on doing anything at all due to her parents sudden divorce, which happened post-*Civil War (2/2)*. Grace feels sorry for Talia, and explains she had no idea that had happened and believed Talia's mother Janet was just going on holiday. Talia claims to not be bothered, however.

Thanksgiving morning is shown, where Linda wakes up Carl early in the morning to help get the house ready. She then wakes up Logan, who went to bed an hour ago and has a woman in bed with him, and attempts to wake up Carrie and Sally, however the two are hiding in a cupboard to avoid helping with decorating the house.

The episode cuts to later in the day, where the family room is decorated for Thanksgiving. Linda is uncertain about the decorations and her cooking skills, however everyone else ensures her she will do a good job. Logan then enters, stating that he spotted John outside, so the family dashes upstairs until he leaves. John knocks but gets no answer, so assumes no one's in and leaves. Carrie and Sally are angry at this, however Calvin states it's for their own good. Blooper and Dry Bones, who invited himself along, then knock on the door, and explain Carl invited them. Calvin is furious, however Linda allows them to spend Thanksgiving at her house. John, who is passing by, then sees the group celebrating Thanksgiving through the window, angrily saying "I knew it."

Awaiting for more guests, the Mitchell family, Blooper and Dry Bones attempt to make conversation. Wattson then arrives, and is happy to see everyone again, however still sticks to his usual shtick of complaining about modern culture compared to when he was a child. Grace, Felix and Staffordshire then arrive. Calvin is instantly rude to Staffordshire, telling Felix to "leave the dog outside", however Linda tells Calvin to stop being mean, so he does his best to remain civil for the rest of the episode. Talia then arrives, and Grace explains she invited her due to feeling sorry for her, similarly to Carl inviting Blooper and Dry Bones along. Calvin initially doesn't allow her to join them, however Talia then reveals she bought a bottle of champagne for the occasion, as she goes home. Calvin then rushes to get her back.

Everyone is making conversation, and Talia explains to Grace that she's privately spending a lot of time with Dry Bones romantically, however she's not ready to start the relationship up again. Grace agrees to keep this a secret. Dry Bones is then shown telling Carl and Blooper they're 100% back together, however Carl and Blooper don't believe him. Calvin's mother Sheila then arrives, and instantly rants to Calvin about John. Wattson then enters, and is shocked to see Sheila for the first time. The two make small talk and instantly show signs of liking each other, making Calvin extremely uncomfortable.

In the next scene, Sheila is ranting to everyone about her marriage to John, who she describes as a lazy dead-beat husband who left her to do all the work herself. Everyone feels sympathetic to her, particularly Wattson, who already had a dislike for John after his previous encounter with him in *Carl's Grandpa*. He tells her she deserved much better than John gave her, and the two continue to be affectionate to one another. There is another knock at the door, and Boo arrives alongside his parents, who Boo believed were also invited. Calvin allows them to come in in a rage, stating everyone's treating his house like a coffee place anyway, and becomes more frustrated when Boo's father Gregory asks if he can take a nap in Calvin's bed. Roxanne and Kylie then arrive at the house. John is also shown climbing over the fence into the backyard of the Mitchell house, only to be chased by Cuddles and Kisses due to the Super Mushrooms he possessed in his pocket.

Carl, Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo discuss Boo mistakenly inviting his parents along, as he thought everyone was going to be bringing their parents. Dry Bones states his father would be too busy partying anyway, before the girls enter the conversation. Roxanne and Kylie explain to Carl and co. that their plans were cancelled, due to Emily's father falling sick and Tucker cancelling on Roxanne once again. Talia and Dry Bones share a small exchange after Dry Bones jokes that Emily's father probably just tasted food from Boo's house. The other guests start to become impatient on dinner, so Wattson takes Carl and Grace to check on Linda. She appears visibly stressed, and the kitchen is in a mess while food is on fire and the turkey explodes in the microwave, as well as Marvin eating the cranberries.

Dry Bones and Talia share a small scene in the bathroom, where Dry Bones begs Talia to start their relationship up again. Talia wants to, but is concerned by being seen as an idiot by everyone, including her friends, due to Dry Bones initially cheating on her. Dry Bones says he's changed but understands her decision. John then enters the bathroom through a warp pipe acting as an air vent, and is shocked to see Dry Bones and Talia in the bathroom.

John enters the family room. Carrie, Sally and Logan are overjoyed to see him, however Calvin begins feeling guilty. Sally tells John Calvin didn't want him to come, angering John for not inviting him. John begins to argue with Staffordshire over she and Felix being invited over him, and questions why he was excluded. Sheila and Wattson then re-enter however, and the two get into an argument over John's parenting. Sheila calls John out on his lack of effort, and while John attempts to defend himself he only makes things worse and no one is on his side. Wattson also reveals that he is moving into Sheila's home with her, to be closer to Linda and the grandkids as well as beginning a relationship with Sheila. Sheila tells Wattson he can sleep where John used to sleep, angering John even more. However, before things can escalate further, a loud explosion is heard, followed by Linda entering covered in soot.

Linda explains she tried cooking too much food at once, causing the entire system to overheat and explode. Everyone then starts to leave after realising there's no dinner, to which Calvin calls them all out, stating the only reason it was ruined was because they were all inviting more people in whilst being impatient about it not coming soon enough. Everyone apologises to Linda, and states they actually had fun anyway. Kenny then enters, asking if Logan's still coming to meet their friend Darren. Logan admits he forgot to cancel, and Calvin tells Kenny to go home. Kenny reveals he's carrying a large bag of beverages with him, and states he'll have to drink it himself. The bag intrigues Calvin, and the group decide to have a small house party amongst themselves instead.

John spends time with Carrie and Sally, who enjoy playing with him. Linda, Calvin, Sheila and Wattson comment on this, and state that even though John isn't the best person in the world, he might be good to keep around for the sake of Carrie and Sally. Sheila and Wattson then continue to be affection towards each other, making Calvin uncomfortable. He exits, and Felix and Staffordshire enter. The two congratulate Linda on doing a good job with the place, making her happy. Calvin goes over to Carl and Grace, who state everyone's enjoying themselves. Dry Bones and Talia are shown kissing privately in Calvin and Linda's bedroom, before Logan and another girl interrupt them. John then accidentally throws Sally out the window offscreen, however Sally appears unhurt and happy, ending the episode.

## YouTube Description

A few days late from the occasion but nonetheless happy thanksgiving. The Mitchell family host a Thanksgiving dinner, however end up with more guests than they initially intended.

## Errors

### Continuity Errors

* In *Carl's Grandpa*, Michael stated his wife had passed away five years ago, however in this episode he states it was eight years ago instead.

### Editing Errors

* When Carl asks "would you guys like to come to my house for Thanksgiving Dinner" the subtitles read "this year" instead of Thanksgiving dinner.

## Trivia:

* This is the first Carl episode where Gooper, Liam, Bob, or Jim Flaig don't appear.

## References to other episodes

* When Michael reference the construction in Dark Valley, it was because of Roy’s driving from *Roy's Road Rampage* which destroyed the road that the Whomps paved.