#BUZZFEED FRIENDS THANKSGIVING EPISODES PATCH#

Why It's So Funny: While some sitcoms struggle to deliver compelling A- and B- plots, Friends was often able to successfully execute a half-dozen concurrent storylines and this episode is a prime example of the writers' ability to keep all of the plots in the air at once. Ross and Joey want to bail so they can go to a party with supermodels, and Rachel screws up the dessert. Overall, “Winner Winner Turkey Dinner” is a true feast for the senses, making it the winner of this ranking.The Plot: Monica and Chandler are hosting Thanksgiving, but it turns out that Jack and Judy Geller (Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles) hate Chandler. But on the brighter side, we get to see Phil, the only real winner in the Dunphy-Pritchett family, in a tuxedo. We also get a hard-to-swallow reminder that Jay is, for all his charms, still just a problematic old white man. This episode has it all: deception, World War II-era costumes, and a small child giving a historically inaccurate speech about the meaning of Thanksgiving. Cam cheated to win a big football game, Mitchell nunchucked himself in the face and framed it as a break-in, Claire unintentionally took a shortcut to win the Turkey Trot, and Phil’s claustrophobia has struck once again, leaving him to face the possibility of being rendered an open air magician.

It’s Jay’s turn to host Thanksgiving, and this year, everyone’s a winner… or are they? Nine seasons in, we learn Jay gives an annual toast shouting out one family member who’s made him extra proud that year (I’ll buy it), but this year, both of his kids and their partners have accomplished exceptional things. Ultimately, we get an all-too-rare appearance of roleplaying Phil and Claire, complete with what appears to be Claire’s repurposed Wonder Woman costume, and *spoiler alert* the long-awaited run-and-jump-first-kiss of Haley and Andy (Handy?), making the most non-Thanksgiving episode on this list also one of the best. And poor Phil just wants to use the owner of the Sexy House’s high tech VR gaming system to play knock-off World of Warcraft. Cam and Mitch, feeling insecure about their ice trays, decide to throw themselves a dance party only to be interrupted by Luke, who is sadly not there to hook up (not for lack of trying, though).

#BUZZFEED FRIENDS THANKSGIVING EPISODES PATCH#

Claire sets out to patch things up with Phil after her (justified) meltdown over the bubble bath she didn’t get to take because the tub was filled with oily ducks - yeah, this is the duck season. Haley heads over to cover her tracks after what sounds like the bubble bath of a lifetime and, of course, runs into Andy *swoon* (sidebar to say I’m tentatively stoked to see this electric pair reunite for Bumper in Berlin). In the aftermath of a Thanksgiving leftovers lunch, we learn that Phil is in charge of listing the Sexiest House in the World, and everybody wants in on the remote-controllable action. What would be the best Thanksgiving episode in all of Modern Family history is, to its ultimate detriment for this ranking, barely about the holiday at all.

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