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Tracy Morgan Pays It Forward successful His Hometown for Thanksgiving
"Can idiosyncratic vacuum earlier they arrive?"
Chances are you've heard 1 of your parents marque that petition if you are location for Thanksgiving, a clip filled with turkey and stuffing yourself with stuffing, pumpkin pastry and a full batch of awkward tiny speech with household members you spot astir arsenic often arsenic you spell to the dentist.
"I know, I can't judge it's been truthful long." "Yes, I'm inactive single." "No, I haven't watched Yellowstone yet." And let's not adjacent get started connected the infinitesimal erstwhile authorities inevitably comes up 2 oregon 3 vino bottles later.
And that's wherefore you request comfortableness food. No, we're not talking astir your aunt Maureen's greenish legume casserole and the remainder of the feast you're impatiently waiting to dive into, we're talking astir comfortableness nutrient for your psyche that lone a TV amusement oregon movie tin provide.
So if you're looking for a cozy distraction close now, we've rounded up immoderate of our favourite Thanksgiving-themed episodes of shows similar Friends and Gossip Girl, arsenic good arsenic a fewer movies astir Turkey Day.
Yes, determination are really some films made astir the Jan Brady of holidays, adjacent if Halloween and Christmas thin to bargain the spotlight travel fall.
So, stockpile a sheet of leftovers, hibernate successful the basement and get acceptable to watercourse your long play away:
NBC
Friends
The iconic NBC sitcom is infamous for its yearly Thanksgiving episodes, delivering 10 near-perfect vacation installments successful its decade-long run. It's hard to prime conscionable 1 (and we've done the ranking to beryllium it), truthful we're going to suggest three.
Season five's classical "The One With All the Thanksgivings" is notable for the delightful flashbacks and the archetypal "I emotion you" betwixt Chandler and Monica (who is wearing a turkey connected her head, natch). We suggest pursuing that up with play six's "The One Where Ross Got High" due to the fact that it's the group's dynamic astatine its precise best, portion play eight's "The One With the Rumor" is, of course, the 1 where Brad Pitt makes his iconic impermanent quality as the co-founder of their precocious school's "I Hate Rachel Club." (Listen, if helium tin be ex Jennifer Aniston's 50th day bash post-divorce and they tin telephone each different "hun," we tin item his ep!) (Where to watch: HBO Max)
CBS
How I Met Your Mother
Another sitcom astir a close-knit radical of friends with a penchant for nailing Thanksgiving episodes, fans could ever number connected HIMYM to present the goods. But the champion outing is play three's iconic "Slapsgiving," which gave america the 3rd (and arguably best) slap successful Marshall and Barney's ongoing bet. Gather astir the soft and sing it with us: "Ya conscionable got slapped"! (Where to watch: Hulu)
CW
Gilmore Girls
What amended mode to caregiver your nutrient coma than by watching Lorelai and Rory spell connected a Thanksgiving dinner-crawl, hitting 4 feasts successful 1 time successful play three's "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving"? Oy with the leftovers! (Where to watch: Netflix)
NBC
This Is Us
Two words: Pilgrim Rick! Leave it to the NBC deed to deed america close successful the feels, particularly connected Thanksgiving. In this play 1 episode, we spot the root of the Pearson family's Pilgrim Rick hat, with a flashback revealing the family's vacation unexpectedly spent successful a roadside motel. It each ties beautifully unneurotic with the present, arsenic we spot the Big Three inactive struggling with the nonaccomplishment of Jack.
Of course, it can't ever beryllium lukewarm and fuzzies, arsenic Randall ("Thanksgiving dada is simply a blistery dad!") learns a shocking concealed Rebecca had been keeping from him his full life. C'mon, what's Thanksgiving without a household ungraded being unearthed? (Where to watch: Peacock)
The CW
Gossip Girl
Another amusement that loved to marque an yearly lawsuit retired of Turkey Day was Gossip Girl, opening with "Blair Waldorf Must Pie!" The play 1 standout gave america flashbacks of aged Serena, the infinitesimal she and Dan realized they could've been siblings, and, astir importantly, penetration into Blair's conflict with an eating disorder.
Season two's serving is skippable, but play three's offering, "The Treasure of Serena Madre," is simply a amusive 1 acknowledgment to a classical awkward household meal from hellhole erstwhile Serena has to walk the food to Maureen a.k.a. the woman of the antheral she's hooking up with. (Oh hey, Aaron Tveit arsenic creepy congressman Trip!) Leave it to S to ever ruin Thanksgiving. (Where to watch: HBO Max)
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New Girl
C'mon, however could we not see "Bangsiving" connected our list, the classical occurrence successful which Schmidt forced the loft pack to each bring a day they thought would beryllium compatible for idiosyncratic other to their vacation dinner? (Where to Watch: Netflix)
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Grey's Anatomy
Season two's "Thanks For the Memories" volition person you feeling ace nostalgic arsenic it centers connected the ABC hit's OG interns. George (RIP!) is forced to spell turkey hunting, Izzie (somewhere far, acold away!) tries to propulsion the eventual vacation meal and Meredith, Cristina (miss you each day!) and Alex (How situation you, sir?) fell retired astatine the hospital. And if that's not capable nostalgia, there's immoderate deliciously torturous Mer-Der play and that Fall Out Boy opus thrown successful for bully measure. Oh, the 2005 memories. (Where to Watch: Netflix)
The WB
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"It's a sham, but it's a sham with yams. A yam sham."
If you're lone going to bash 1 large Thanksgiving episode, you mightiness arsenic good bash it right, similar BtVS' play 4 holiday-themed outing, "Pangs." Desperate to springiness the Scooby pack the cleanable Thanksgiving, Buffy goes full-Pilgrimzilla, Slayer duties (and deficiency of cooking skills) beryllium damned. Alas, everything goes awry erstwhile Xander releases a vengeful Native American spirit, resulting successful Spike becoming a vampire dart board. Oh, and there's a doozy of a mic driblet uncover successful the last moment. (Where to watch: Hulu)
Fox
The O.C.
Chrismukkah gets each the attraction erstwhile it comes to the teen drama, but the Orange County unit knew however to bash Thanksgiving, too.
In play one's vacation outing, "The Homecoming," Ryan has to instrumentality to Chino to assistance his imprisoned older member with Marissa successful tow. Unfortunately, for galore fans, this travel introduced Theresa, she who would spell connected to interruption up the couple.
And who doesn't emotion immoderate emotion triangle enactment successful betwixt meal and dessert, which is precisely what Seth was getting into erstwhile helium invited some Summer and Anna to the location and attempted to support them from seeing other. Bad plan, Cohen. (Where to Watch: HBO Max)
Netflix
Master of None
For a much poignant instrumentality connected the vacation episode, look nary further than this Emmy Award-winning outing, which focused connected Denise, Dev's BFF. The amusement relied connected flashbacks to her Thanksgiving experiences past to show Lena Waithe's quality dilatory coming to presumption with her sexuality and her narration with her family. (Where to watch: Netflix)
Warner Bros.
You've Got Mail
The coz and crisp autumnal vibes of Nora Ephron's swoonworthy mentation of the Upper East Side should beryllium capable to gain the rom-com a spot connected this list. But amusive fact: The country successful which Tom Hanks smugly helps Meg Ryan retired astatine the Zabar's checkout enactment really takes spot connected Thanksgiving Day! Remember Sara Ramirez's iconic transportation of "Happy Thanksgiving back"? (Where to Watch: Peacock)
Paramount Pictures
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
C'mon, it's the definitive movie successful the constricted Thanksgiving movie genre. And it's hilarious, with knockout performances by Steve Martin and John Candy inactive making america laughter implicit 30 years later. (Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video)
Paramount Pictures
Home For the Holidays
This underrated gem of a movie volition marque you wonderment wherefore the hellhole you hadn't heard of it arsenic soon arsenic the extremity credits roll. Starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Dylan McDermott and a young Claire Danes, the 1995 movie was Jodie Foster's 2nd outing arsenic a manager and captures that unusual catch-22 you tin lone recognize erstwhile you've moved distant from your household and instrumentality for the holidays, instantly falling backmost into your aged familial patterns and behaviors. (Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video)
Paramount Pictures
Addams Family Values
Wait, earlier you protestation and accidental the 1993 acheronian drama is simply a Halloween movie, perceive america out. We're counting this 1 due to the fact that of the play Wednesday and Pugsley Addams are forced to instrumentality portion successful astatine Camp Chippewa, which is astir the archetypal Thanksgiving. Yes, a summertime campy is performing a play astir Thanksgiving for immoderate reason, but you bash you, Gary and Becky Granger!
Playing Pocahontas, Wednesday decides to rewrite the communicative to bloody and vengefully hilarious results. Plus, there's besides the so-f--ked-up-it's-funny "Turkey Day" song, with Pugsley, dressed arsenic turkey, singing, "Eat america 'cause we're bully and dead!" (Where to watch: Netflix)
MGM
Pieces of April
So long, Joey Potter! Katie Holmes earned rave reviews for her crook successful this 2003 indie movie astir a miss who invites her tiny municipality household to her flat successful NYC's Lower East Side apartment. As you tin imagine, s--t gets messy. Patricia Clarkson delivers a stellar show arsenic April's mom, which earned her an Oscar information for Best Supporting Actress. Also, retrieve "The Thong Song"? Yeah, Sisqo is successful this movie, too. So that happens! (Where to watch: Hulu)
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Turkey Drop
Thank you Freeform for answering our prayers and delivering an adorable rom-com-gone-sort-of-wrong. And bonus points for the setting, which has a assemblage freshman (charmingly played by Olivia Holt) returning location for the archetypal time. It's a concern ripe for drama, particularly erstwhile we learned that a "turkey drop" is erstwhile your precocious schoolhouse sweetheart dumps you during Thanksgiving break. Enter: Her brother's blistery BFF. (Where to Watch: Hulu)
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Holidate
Okay, truthful technically this rom-com starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey covers astir each vacation ever created arsenic the leads agree to beryllium each other's platonic plus-ones for a full calendar year, but 2 points. 1. It does diagnostic Thanksgiving and 2. It is comic arsenic f--k. (Where to Watch: Netflix)
BeCause Entertainment Group
What's Cooking
What happens erstwhile you bring 4 families with their ain traditions and backgrounds—Vietnamese, Latino, Jewish, and African American—together nether 1 roof? All-caps DRAMA but multiplied by four. Kyra Sedgwick and Julianna Margulies prima successful this 2000 film. (Where to watch: For acquisition connected iTunes oregon Amazon)
YouTube
Friendsgiving
We situation you to sanction thing much millennial than a Netflix movie made successful 2020 astir a radical of messed up friends throwing a dysfunctional Friendsgiving lawsuit starring Kat Dennings. You conscionable can't. (Where to Watch: Netflix)
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