![]() ![]() The teen tells Miguel that Jack is turning over in his grave at the thought of Miguel’s acting on whatever is going on between him and Rebecca. A post-meal game of Taboo really highlights how attuned to each other Miguel and Rebecca are - a realization that even Drunk Kevin has by the end of the evening. The dinner itself is rather awkward, given that Rebecca’s recent suitor Matt and Miguel’s lady friend Marguerite are a) both in attendance and b) not really top-of-mind for their respective dates. But when he brings it up with Kevin, whom you’ll recall is drinking too much and has cheated on Sophie, Kev doesn’t want to engage. Randall and Beth arrive home from college to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, and Randall is taken aback by Kate’s weight gain. ![]() THE SWEETEST TABOO | Oh look, yet another flashback! This one is to the Rebecca-as-recent-widow time. Then both women gang up on Jack about how he passed along the information to his future bride, and all is well. Janet then tells Jack that she and Rebecca’s dad are moving to Connecticut, news that eventually propels a teary and cooled-off Rebecca into her mom’s arms. The whole thing devolves, with Rebecca stalking off. Everything builds until Janet tells Rebecca to go easy on the marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole, and in her rebellion, Rebecca starts eating directly from the serving dish. Janet is as she always is: picky, cutting, passive-aggressive. Years later, a newly engaged Rebecca and Jack are hosting her folks for Thanksgiving at their apartment. “We have to watch ourselves,” Janet says abstemiously. So after dinner, little Rebecca is perplexed when her mother serves her a sliver of the sweet and takes none for herself. The dessert is a big deal: It’s sugar pie, made from a closely held family recipe. SUGAR PIE, HONEYBUNCH | As we flash back to Rebecca’s childhood, we watch her help her mother prepare the Thanksgiving meal. Read on for the highlights of the final season’s Thanksgiving episode, “Taboo.” Props to Mandy Moore, by the way: Her portrayal of elderly Rebecca marshaling her inner reserves to discuss end-of-life care with her kids is really, really great. This week’s episode doesn’t exactly trip over into “Everything is sad and awful” territory, but it gives us the most clear-headed glimpse of that next phase that we’ve had so far. ![]() Night Court: Kapil Talwalkar Not Returning as Neil in Season 2 ![]()
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