[Ephram comes back with a book.]
EPHRAM: [to Delia] Look, we finished it. Just in time, too.
DELIA: [not impressed] It's not like Mom's.
EPHRAM: Yeah-yeah, sure it is, look.
[Ephram opens the page for his sister.]
EPHRAM: [pointing at their photo] There's three things to be grateful for.
DELIA: No! None of this is like Mom's.
EPHRAM: What are you talking about? We've got potatoes, potato stuffing...
DELIA: [angry] It's not hers!
DR. BROWN: Delia, Ephram tried really hard to make it just the way we remember it.
DELIA: The book isn't like hers, the food isn't hers and... [looking at Nina and Sam] They shouldn't here.
DR. BROWN: Stop it, Delia!
DELIA: Nothing's like it was! It's ruined.
EPHRAM: Look, give it a chance. Look, here's some stuff written about you, alright?
DELIA: [throwing the book on the floor] I don't want to look at it!
DR. BROWN: Delia, pick up that book.
DELIA: NO!
DR. BROWN: I SAID PICK IT UP!
[Delia storms off.]
NINA: [getting up] Can I talk to her?
DR. BROWN: Nina, I have to...
NINA: ...Please?
[Cut to the den.]
NINA: You're right, Delia. Nothing is the way it used to be. Nobody knows how to be your mom. No one could replace her. Your dad and Ephram just wanted to make Thanksgiving nice for you 'cause they know how much you love it and because your mom loved it. But you're right. It's not the same. It's OK to be sad that it's not. It's OK that you miss her. Your daddy misses her and Ephram misses her too. And she misses you. But she wouldn't want you to be sad forever because she only wants good and happy things for you. And it's all right to feel bad. Because she was so important to you and because she loves you very much.
[Delia hugs Nina and starts crying.]
[Dr. Brown and Ephram are watching from the dining room.]
{COMMERCIAL BREAK}
[Open on the Abbotts. Everyone is sitting down to eat.]
DR. ABBOTT: Here you are.
[Mr. Jensen is sitting next to him.]
MR. JENSEN: It's burnt!
[Everyone looks nervously at Dr. Abbott to see what he'll say. The phone rings.]
DR. ABBOTT: I'll get it.
[He picks up the phone.]
DR. ABBOTT: Hello? Yes, this is he. Yes, I'm here for Dr. Lewis. Hello, Mason. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. You did? A ha. A lab error? [smiling] I'm well? I can hardly believe it. No, it was a bit of an inconvenience as you can imagine. No, I was not nervous in fact I'd [looking back at the guests] completely forgotten it in the holiday festivity as you can imagine. Yes, well. All right then. I will see you again next year, Mason. Happy holidays to you.
[Dr. Abbott hangs up.]
DR. ABBOTT: Everybody out.
ROSE: What?
DR. ABBOTT: The freeloading party's officially over. Out. OUT, OUT, MOVE IT!
[The guests quickly get up and leave.]
