Line #18 Recap/FamilyGuyS10E6Thanksgiving


1	In this ThanksgivingEpisode, Lois cooks up a big dinner and invites friends, family, and neighbors -- but the dinner turns into a political discussion when Joe's estranged son, Kevin, returns from fighting in Iraq, revealing that he deserted his position in protest.
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4	* BaitAndSwitch: Peter sets up a cutaway Benedict Arnold Drummond. However, instead of that, we see a crew in a control room that isn't sure what Peter wants or have any viable footage, so they begrudgingly go with a completely different cutaway (the Cowardly Lion as Lindsay Lohan's gynecologist) instead.
5	-->'''Peter:''' [[LampshadeHanging What the hell is goin' on up there?!]]
6	* BerserkButton: Joe doesn’t take kindly to Kevin comparing U.S. troops to Nazi soldiers to refute Joe’s declaration that he must follows orders when the Nazi’s did the same thing.
7	* BottleEpisode: Outside of the beginning with Tom & Joyce, cutaways, one scene in the backyard, and flashbacks, the entire episode takes place in the Griffin family house.
8	* {{Bowdlerization}}: Brian's line after Ida tells him that Kevin was wrong to desert his post in Iraq is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb tranny" in the DVD version. On TV, the line is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb drag queen."
9	* ContinuityNod:
10	** During Brian and Ida's awkward conversation, Stewie references [[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E18QuagmiresDad Brian's reaction to learning who she was]].
11	** Also, there’s a part where Peter believes Iraq played a part in 9/11. This is a call-back to when he made the same mistake in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E4BabyNotOnBoard Baby Not on Board]]".
12	* FakingTheDead: Kevin reveals he did this to get out of the war. In response, Peter says he did this, too; a cutaway shows him lying in a coffin during a funeral and being BuriedAlive all simply to get out of a dentist appointment.
13	* HarmfulToMinors: Kevin hopes Susie isn't scared by his night terrors. A cutaway shows Susie Swanson has seen worse by staying up late and watching programming that's vastly inappropriate for babies.
14	-->'''Susie:''' ''[thinking]'' [[Film/TheHumanCentipede A human centipede?]] How ghastly!
15	* {{Hypocrite}}: During the big debate about Kevin's actions, Brian says Ida's military history provides absolute authority on the issue, but he only says that because he expects full agreement with his own position. However, it's due that long history in the military that prompts Ida to openly criticize what Kevin did, which leads to Brian's insult noted above.
16	* JustFollowingOrders: Ida believes a good soldier should always do this. Kevin counterpoints with the [[GodwinsLaw usual nugget]], pointing out that blindly following orders historically enables the deaths of countless innocents.
17	* LastSecondJokeProblem: The episode ends with the main conflict of the episode (mainly Kevin's return and the reveal that he [[FakingTheDead faked his own death to get out of Iraq]]) resolved. Just then, another Kevin shows up at the door and claims that the other one is an imposter. Peter says that they have no time to resolve this issue and the episode ends, with no resolution to this plotline after that.
18	* MamaBear: Bonnie objects to Joe trying to arrest Kevin, even though he deserted the army.
19	* NoEnding: Parodied. The actual conflict is resolved with time to spare, but then another Kevin appears at the front door and says the one we've seen so far is an impostor. Peter says there's no time for this.
20	* NoSympathy: Brian thinks Ida should understand Kevin's reason for deserting. She doesn't, and wouldn't have done the same. She tells him that desertion is wrong, plain and simple. In Quagmire's case, he's racist against the Middle-East ever since 9/11.
21	* OpinionFlipFlop: Brian assumes that Ida (a war hero) would support Kevin's decision to desert the army. She doesn't, so Brian immediately downplays her viewpoint's significance.
22	* ProperlyParanoid: Joe starts to get suspicious when Kevin references a movie that came out while he was supposedly in a coma.
23	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Two are doled out in quick succession, one by Ida directed at Kevin, and the second by Kevin directed at everybody, but especially Joe.
24	-->'''Ida''': Son... When you go to war, you don't end up fighting for your country or your family or your flag. You're fighting for your fellow soldiers there in the foxhole with you. You walked out on those men, and ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable that's]]'' [[ThisIsUnforgivable what's most unforgivable.]]\
25	'''Kevin''': You know what, everyone?! Forget it! Up 'til today, you guys thought I was dead. Well, I'm not. [[DudeWheresMyRespect But after all this?]] Dad, you may as well take me to prison, because right now, I wish I WAS dead.
26	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Both Kevin and Joe had reasons for disobeying the law. Lampshaded by Kevin.
27	-->''"You knew what your duty said what you were supposed to do, but instead, you did what you thought was right."''
28	* ShipSinking: Kevin calls Meg a skank. Well, so much for the romance that was implied between them in the early seasons.
29	* SkewedPriorities: Exaggerated in a CutawayGag; Peter would prefer to make his whole family believe he's dead than go to a dentist appointment.
30	* SpottingTheThread: Joe makes a reference to ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' to Kevin while they are playing a game of football, which Kevin derides, saying his fellow soldiers used to laugh at how fake the movie was. Joe expresses confusion, as the movie was released in 2007, when Kevin was supposedly in a coma. This results in more and more details being unraveled until Kevin can't maintain his cover story anymore and reveals that he faked his death.
31	* ThanksgivingEpisode: The title says it all. However, the second half of the episode puts more focus on the revelation of Kevin's faked death and desertion.
32	* TooDumbToLive: Kevin's friends stupidly fail to notice how serious a strapped ticking bomb to a turkey is before everyone but him dies in the explosion.
33	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Peter asking to see Kevin's Purple Heart leads to the revelation of Kevin's desertion.
34	* WarIsHell: What Kevin believes, which is why he faked his death and went AWOL.
35	* WhatTheHellHero: Most of the characters (particularly Ida and Quagmire) call Kevin out for deserting the army, ignoring [[WarIsHell his reason]].

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