Jay and Gloria fight over lunch; Phil must fire Mitchell; Cam and Claire debate over disciplining children; Alex tries to complete a "living art" display.
Phil takes Jay on a fishing trip; Gloria struggles with sharing her news; Dylan moves into the Dunphy's temporarily; Mitch and Cam decide to adopt a cat.
When Phil and Claire drop Haley off at college, they wind up embarrassing her; Manny forces Jay and Gloria to take a baby class; Lily gets in a tussle.
Claire must tone down Halloween; Phil has an open house; Lily wonders about her real mom while Mitch and Cam host a costume party; Gloria's pregnancy hormones.
Ten teams enter the qualifier, while six teams will move on to the grueling gauntlet, and the two teams to finish first will then enter the Wipeout course.
Phil starts to think of what could have been; Jay feels Manny could use some constructive criticism; Cameron is offended when Mitchell questions his childhood.
Phil and Luke cook Thanksgiving dinner, but Claire secretly makes another turkey just-in-case; Jay and Gloria decide not to tell anyone their trip was canceled.
Phil tries to get used to the fact that Rainer Shine is dating his daughter while Hayley must tell her father that she would rather spend Thanksgiving with him.
The gang plays a game of touch football on Thanksgiving; Joey and Chandler argue over who gets to date a model; sibling rivalry dominates Monica and Ross.
Monica invites an old friend from high school over for Thanksgiving dinner, unaware that he started a "We Hate Rachel" club with Ross; Joey vows to eat turkey.
Rachel's self-absorbed sister, Amy, joins the friends for Thanksgiving dinner at Monica's; Joey forgets to show up for the Days of Our Lives cast float.
A pregnant girl from Ohio selects Monica to adopt her unborn child; Monica and Chandler lock out the gang when they arrive hours late for Thanksgiving dinner.
Sheldon tries to protest while he is dragged to Mrs. Wolowitz's home for Thanksgiving; Penny and Leonard decide to deal with a mistake from Penny's past.
An article about Sheldon and Leonard's joint research paper fails to recognize Leonard; a power outage at Mrs. Wolowitz's house results in a final dinner.
Sheldon and Amy spend Thanksgiving together as friends; Wolowitz volunteers at a soup kitchen; Penny realizes Leonard knows her more than what she thought.
Mrs. Claus relates the story of the year Santa was sick and decided to take a break from Christmas, prompting two of his elves to try to convince him otherwise.
Trying to avoid their parents during Christmas, a couple plans a secret trip, but when it is interrupted, they must visit each of their divorced parents.
Ten teams enter the qualifier, while six teams will move on to the grueling gauntlet, and the two teams to finish first will then enter the Wipeout course.