'Cougar Town' recap: Romantic Thanksgiving!

Welcome back to Regretfully, We Give You Cougar Town! In "When the Time Comes," Jules hosted Thanksgiving for the Cul de Sac Crew. Travis' college roommate Kevin subbed in for Baby Stan, who must be spending the holiday with his real family. (He's the luckiest bear in Care-a-Lot. Ugh, jealous!) It was going to be a cozy affair, but suddenly Jules told Grayson "I love you" in the supermarket. It just slipped out, like a soda burp! His response: "THANK YOU." What is this, The O.C.? (Sometimes!) And then to add insult to injury, Grayson continued: "Still gotta get some yams, right?"

New plan, Jules announced: "I want you to look swanky!" It would now be the Most Romantic Thanksgiving Ever. Maybe that would get Grayson in the mood to share his feelings and say exactly what she wanted. Jules floated around the house lighting twelve billion candles and breaking out the boot-knocking grooves of Teddy Pendergrass. (If you pretend hard enough, "I wanna make sweet love to you"  can sound like "Eating turkey.") Laurie went into Katy Perry-at-the-MTV-Movie-Awards mode, pulling out all of her A-list outfits. Meanwhile, Bobby was hurt that everyone in the Crew had trouble understanding him when he talked quickly, quietly, or at all. They had a point. When he tried to order a Caramel Macchiato at the coffee shop, it came out "Ehr-mul mock." Then again, that's a hell of a less pretentious way to order one of those. We should all follow suit!

Laurie and Ellie, infused with the spirit of Thanksgiving, decided to team up to tear down eternally optimistic Andy. Ellie swiped his wedding ring, which must have been difficult with all the knuckle hair, but she's a pro. The ladies tried to get him to worry about it all day, but Andy just doesn't see the point. "Got a great job, hot wife, Bobby. Everything goes my way," he claimed. Ha! Bobby! High on life and plant fumes, Andy even stepped in to thwart Jules from heading over to Grayson's to get him to finish their conversation after they'd shared yet another romantic moment vomiting together in her bathroom. Grayson, cloaked in a heavy shroud of disease and secrecy, assured Jules at the dinner table that he felt lucky to have found her. He's just not as open and quick with his feelings, and a profession of love might take some time. "I love you," Jules replied (confidently, I might add -- loved it!), and encouraged him to take as much time as he needed. "Not too much time, right?" "I wouldn't." Ha! So sweet.

Remember, everyone: Next time you're inclined to stress out....

The phone come back
Life is good
The scalp got rubbed
By a Chinese dude.
Jamaica!

Side note: Interested in more details on Big Carl vs. the dearly departed Big Joe? My colleague Mandi Bierly, the executive editor of EW's esteemed Wine Department (we're just down the hall from Books and Movies, blitzed out of our minds, bloggin' it out), got a closer look at the two gentlemen courtesy of Cougar Town's prop master John Ornelas. "I think it was meant to hold a candle," he said about Big Carl. "Both glasses hold about the same amount [44 oz, or 5½ cups of wine], but Carl is bulkier and taller, so it looks like it holds more." Um, don't you mean it looks like he holds more? Click here for more Wine Scoop.

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