At Alexis’ house, Stella arrives with
T.J.; Molly greets them. Stella offers
to help Alexis in the kitchen but Molly says she has plenty of help today; Dr.
Bensch comes out of the kitchen with a plate in his hands, asking who’s
hungry. Alexis asks T.J. to look at the
cable box, in case “anybody wants to watch baseball…” (T.J. corrects her,
“football” and she says, “whatever.”) Jordan
and Curtis arrive; Stella answers the door.
Jordan half-ass smiles at her; Stella welcomes them in. Stella starts talking about the announcement
Liv Jerome made yesterday, apparently not knowing the whole story about Alexis
and Julian. Alexis is obviously
annoyed.
Jason comes to see Sam; he tells her he needs to come in and talk to
her. He says, “I need you to tell me
what you want me to do.” He says Diane
is working to prove his identity, and eventually they will prove he is Jason
Morgan… unless he tells them to stop; she asks why he would want to do
that. He says, because he would give up
everything, including his identity if it would make it easier for her; she
frustratingly says nothing about this is easy.
She tells him, just as much as he remembers being Jason, her husband
remembers being Jason; she asks what she expects him to do… he says he doesn’t
know. That’s why he thought, if he
stepped back, it might be better for her and the kids; he says, if he pushes
this, it could get worse. Sam says,
“then let it get worse.” She says what
she wants, is to know the truth; she isn’t sure what comes after that, but she
wants to know “the truth.” Jason says
he’ll have Diane continue to work on it then.
He starts to leave and they begin chatting, like old times; obviously
comfortable with each other. Danny
comes down the stairs, saying he remembers Jason from the hospital; they chat a
little, Danny asks if he has a dog and says he does… at his “other grandma’s
house” and wishes they were going there for thanksgiving. She tells him to go get ready because they
need to get going; Jason leaves. Danny
says he likes him; Sam tells Danny, “he is someone special.”
As ‘Jason’ looks
at family pictures in the Quartermaine house, Monica wanders in with her packed
bag. He says he just wants to make sure
they “are okay.” She tries to assure
him that they are, and asks why they wouldn’t be; he says because everyone else
believes “the other guy” and he wonders how long until his family feels the
same way, and asks what they will need him for if he isn’t really Jason Morgan. She hugs him and assures him that he will
always be her son, no matter what his name is.
Olivia welcomes Dante in, who offers her a bottle of wine? in a plastic
bag. He marvels at the “Quartermaine
house, empty for Thanksgiving” and Ned says, “yeah, there’s a first time for
everything.” Lulu, Nathan and Maxie
follow him in. Lulu is trying to get
Maxie to tell her the results of the pregnancy test; Maxie says she can’t tell
her before she tells her husband, and Lulu assumes that to mean there is
something to tell. Laura and Kevin show
up; Maxie runs to greet them, avoiding Lulu’s question. Laura asks Ned about being back at ELQ; he
starts talking about a redevelopment project of the Charleston Street area...
he assures Laura it’s a project that is on the “up and up.”
Everybody stands in a circle to say what
they are thankful for; Lulu and Ned say they are thankful for their family
(Charlotte must be with Valentin)… Ned also wishes Lulu a happy anniversary. Ned is grateful their families could “merge
together” and Olivia says she is thankful to be able to work on her
communication skills (because of Monica) and everyone laughs. Kevin says his thankful that Laura has
agreed to spend her life with him; Laura says she’s grateful for fun. Nathan says he is thankful for Maxie’s
patience, and Maxie places her job before her family. I think Maxie should have taken that opportunity to announce her
pregnancy, but... she doesn’t. Ned
calls Monica (at the other end of the house) and asks her if she won’t change
her mind and join them for dinner; he found out her flight was cancelled… she
says no. Ned calls Michael.
Carly
worries that the Turkey won’t be done in time for dinner; Sonny tells her to
let him worry about the cooking, while she worries about the guests. Oscar shows up; he says his mom forgot the
pie and went back for it. Jos tells him
she was worried that he didn’t want his mom to meet her, or her family; he says
it’s nothing like that. Carly greets
him, and asks where his mother is; he says she will be here shortly, with pie…
Sonny orders the gates to be opened and guards to be “out of sight.” When she arrives, we see it is the same
actress who played “Carly” many, many years ago. Jos and Oscar excuse themselves promptly to go “check on Avery” –
Carly says she thought they’d be gone before she got her coat off. Oscar’s mom sits down and says that it
appears that “organized crime has been good” to them; Sonny and Carly are
shocked. She tells them, she isn’t one
to beat around the bush; she doesn’t see “this thing” with Oscar and Jos
lasting long anyway, so she isn’t going to fight it – and she just wants to
“make sure [they] are all on the same page.”
Sonny and Carly seem offended at her lack of faith in their children, and
Sonny says he “wouldn’t bet against them just yet.”
Sam and Danny arrive at
Alexis’; Sam says Scout is asleep.
Jason asks Sam what took her so long, saying he thought she would beat
him there; she just shrugs it off. They
are all sitting around talking when Alexis walks in, with the turkey on a
patter and announces that dinner is ready; she turns to go over to the table
and trips over a bag on the floor. The
turkey, platter, and all the fixings, spill onto the floor. Alexis can’t believe that Bensch doesn’t
want to “run for the hills” after all he’s seen, and kisses him before he can
finish saying, “not in the slightest.”
(I’m not sure about the two of them together.)
The Quartermaine table is loaded with
everything, from turkey to lasagna, mashed potatoes with gravy and runny
cranberry sauce, and as plates get filled, Maxie gets more and more
nauseous. Olivia loads up a plate and
sticks it in Maxie’s face; Maxie immediately becomes ill and falls forward as
she grabs for a napkin, leaning on the table and knocking it down… the food
goes everywhere all over the floor.
Nathan takes Maxie home and puts her to bed and suggests she see a
doctor tomorrow; she tells him she isn’t sick, she is pregnant. He gets excited.
Sonny goes to check the turkey, and Carly tells Oscar’s mom that
she isn’t one to play games either and she appreciates that about her; they
decide they actually like each other.
Carly asks if Oscar’s dad was “ever in the picture.” The kids come back down to see them all laughing
and getting along; Michael shows up and introduces himself, but then gets that
call from Ned. He leaves. Oscar’s mom whispers to Carly that the
situation with Oscar’s dad is complicated.
Carly says she knows “complicated.”
Jason arrives… when Oscar’s mom, Kim, sees him, she stands up and says,
“Drew.”
The next thing we see, pizza is being delivered; about twenty boxes or
so… the Quartermaine tradition continues.
The whole family gathers, on and around the couch, in the living room
where Monica is; Ned, Olivia, Michael, Dante, Lulu and Rocco, Laura, Kevin and
everyone from Alexis’ house, including ‘Jason’ and Sam! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
