Thanksgiving Is No Schmuck Bait (S02E09)

Larry's dad shows up to Thanksgiving six hours early and without Larry's mom, because they're getting divorced after more than 40 years. The news throws Marty for a loop, who starts reverting to childish behavior in between acting like nothing's changed and they're not breaking up. Reggie has a hard time coping as well, because he can't figure out how humans can just end relationships. Larry and Jackie watched a marathon of Nick at Nite reruns and fell in love with the sitcom formula, so now they've recruited the rest of the Zabvronians to follow them around as their studio audience, to provide laugh tracks and "Ooooohs" when appropriate. And once the family drama kicks in, they've got plenty of meta commentary to provide on the day's happenings as well -- all of which are shockingly accurate. (ABC TV Network)