Thanksgiving II Season 2, Episode 9 - Aired November 24, 2010

Thanksgiving II

Mike begrudgingly invites his brother, Rusty (Norm Macdonald), who is temporarily living in a tent, and his father, Big Mike, who has recently broken his hip, to join him for the annual Heck family Thanksgiving. But when Frankie observes the macho Heck men's non-communicative nature, she encourages a not-so-receptive Mike to engage them in a real conversation and express their feelings. Meanwhile, Brick is ecstatic when he discovers that Bob is bringing his girlfriend, Linda - the local librarian who loves books as much as Brick does - to Thanksgiving; and Sue wants to start a mother-daughter tradition of baking a pie for the holiday, but ends up getting more sliced up than the crust.

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Guest Stars: John Cullum as Big Mike, Norm Macdonald as Rusty, Laura Heisler as Lisa, Jeanette Miller as Aunt Edie, Frances Bay as Aunt Ginny, Mike Muscat as Mailman

Writers: Rob Ulin

Director: Ken Whittingham

Viewers: 8.25 million Households Rating: 4.9/9 Adults 18-49 Rating: 2.2/7

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