Every Thanksgiving Episode You Ever Needed

Every thanksgiving themed episode that you need to watch to get through the holiday, organized alphabetically. Perfect for when you're avoiding your family and pretty much all responsibility.

Bob's Burgers Season 3, An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal

The Belchers pretend to be Mr. Fischoeder's family when he tries to have sex with a woman who was his old flame.

Friends Season 1, The One Where Underdog Gets Away

The gang celebrates their first thanksgiving together, and while everything that could go wrong, does go wrong, its nice to see the tradition begin.

Friends Season 3, The One With The Football

The girls cook Thankgiving dinner while the guys watch a football game on TV; all six decide to play football together. Monica and Ross compete for the "Geller Cup." Joey and Chandler compete for a Dutch girl. Rachel goes long. Phoebe flashes the other team.

Friends Season 5, The One With All The Thanksgivings

Everyone tells their most important/funniest/most embarrassing thanksgiving story. This is the one with all the turkeys on people's heads.

Friends Season 6, The One Where Ross Got High

Monica and Ross's parents visit and everyone's secrets come flying out.

Friends Season 8, The One With The Rumor

This is the one with Brad Pitt, who plays Monica and Ross's friend Will from high school, who stared the "I Hate Rachel Green Club". Monica decides not to make a turkey since they don't eat enough of it but Joey convinces her to make it anyway, and ends up eating all of it.

Greek Season 3, The Wish Pretzel

Everyone is packing their bags and heading home for Thanksgiving, but Casey and Rusty find themselves stranded at CRU when their parents leave them behind for Maui. Casey stays at the ZBZ house with Rebecca while Rusty and Dale work on their physics projects. Cappie and Evan make plans to go golfing but end up getting distracted by the KT Turkey Hunt. At the end of the day, everyone gets together to share a true college thanksgiving, with pretzels and alcohol.

Grey's Anatomy Season 3, Thanks For The Memories

Izzie plans a big thanksgiving dinner for the group but it isn't going as she plans and Burke surprises her with his cooking knowledge. George goes out turkey hunting with the rest of the O'Malley men but as per usual it's a nightmare. McDreamy, Bailey and Chief Webber spend the day at Seattle Grace avoiding the holiday and their respective spouses. Meredith and Christina drink as much as they can.

Gilmore Girls Season 2

Rory and Lorelai are expected to be at four different Thanksgiving meals. First the Kim's, then Sookie's, followed by Luke's and finally Richard and Emily's. The Gilmores attend each Thanksgivings meal and when they make it to Richard and Emily's, Rory lets it slip that she had applied to Yale, which Lorelai seems angry about and blames on Richard and Emily.

How I Met Your Mother Season 1, Belly Full of Turkey

Lily and Marshall go Minnesota for the holiday to see the Eriksons, who drive Lily crazy. Robin and Ted stay in the city and discover that Barney is a well known volunteer at a local food shelter. When they start causing shenanigans at the shelter, they decide to spend Thanksgiving at the strip club instead.

How I Met Your Mother Season 3, Slapsgiving

this episode shows the Third Slap. The gang has thanksgiving in the apartment, awkwardly joined by Robin's new man, Bob. Lily, the Slap Bet Commissioner forbids the slap, but Marshall has plans of his own. Robin and Ted are forced to acknowledge how awkward they are now that they're broken up. Marshall graces us with his rendition of "You Just Got Slapped".

How I Met Your Mother Season 5, Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap

After they save the turkey, Marshall gives Robin and Ted the rights to the Fourth Slap. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up.

New Girl Season 2, Parents

Jess' divorced parents, Joan and Bob (Jamie Lee Curtis and Rob Reiner) come over to the apartment for Thanksgiving; Jess tries to get them back together despite numerous failed attempts in the past. Schmidt's cousin (Rob Riggle), also named Schmidt, comes over, spurring a manly competition between the two.

Scrubs Season 1, My Day Off

the episode is barely about thanksgiving until really the end of. JD gets appendicitis and spends thanksgiving in the hospital. However at the end, the gang all gathers at the bar to share "uncomfortable silences and alcohol, just like thanksgiving at home" and reminds us about our funny but awkward work family.

The Simpsons Season 2, Bart vs. Thanksgiving

Lisa makes a table centerpiece for the Thanksgiving dinner, which Bart accidentally destroys. After he is sent to his room by his parents, Bart runs away from home and stays at a soup kitchen for homeless people. Bart returns home eventually and climbs to the roof of the Simpson family's house, where he hears Lisa sobbing. He apologizes to her, and the family happily enjoys a meal of leftovers.

That 70's Show Season 1, Thanksgiving

Laurie comes home for Thanksgiving with her friend Kate. Eric is annoyed that he'll have to give up his room for their guest, until he sees how hot Kate is. Jackie alerts Donna to the trouble she could be facing now that a college girl is sleeping in Eric's bed. Kitty tries vainly to avoid her mother-in-law's phone calls as she prepares for Thanksgiving dinner.

That 70s Show Season 7, You Can't Always Get What You Want

It's Thanksgiving, and while Kitty prepares for the feast, Eric is making plans of his own, and they don't include dinner at home. He wants to go to a Styx concert; the rest of the gang is busy helping Hyde and Angie get ready for the opening of the record store.