Katie's primadonna, narcisstic mother arrives to spend Thanksgiving with the Ottos. Meanwhile, Viv decides to crash their Thanksgiving.
First appearance of Wendie Malick as Katie's mother Kathryn.
Tropes:
- It's All About Me: Kathryn always wants to be the center of attention.
- Obfuscating Disability: Kathryn spends most of the episode wearing a ludicrous neck brace contraption as the result of, she claims, a "small but severe" car accident.
- Shout-Out: To the classic episode of The Brady Bunch where Mike drops his briefcase to get the man suing Carol for causing him whiplash to turn his head. Katie attempts to do the same but it doesn't work.
- Thanksgiving Episode: The show's first.
