Summary:
Everybody is gathering at the
hospital, but we don't know why or what's going on. Jay is beside himself, in
spite of Mitchell's reassurances that it could have been worse.
It starts with the planning of
Luke's birthday. Since Luke's birthday always falls around Thanksgiving, he
tends to get the short end of the stick. Claire wants to give him an "arts
and crafts" party in lieu of Thanksgiving dinner. Even Phil thought that
was a boring idea, so he has a few ideas on bringing some exotic animals to the
party and a rock climbing wall. Cameron happily lends his karaoke machine, and
Mitchell would be even happier if Phil doesn't return it right away...or ever.
Cameron inquires about having a
clown at the party, and Phil is quite resistant to the idea. Naturally, this
won't stop Cameron from breaking out...Fizbo the Clown! Mitchell wants to
settle for getting Luke a gift card, but of course Cameron won't be so easily
dismissed on this front. Grandpa Jay is the grandpa we'd all like to have,
since he's getting Luke a crossbow. Gloria objects, but only on the basis of
how accident-prone Luke is. Manny needs advice from Jay on how to get a hot
girl, since obviously Jay is an expert in this. Jay's advice to Manny is to be
the funny guy. It doesn't work, so Gloria tells him to just be sweet and
adorable.
Phil is upset with the animal
handler because he wanted the scarier animals. Cameron insists on being Fizbo,
and it's a little scary how much Cameron knows about clowns. Fortunately for
Mitchell, Fizbo has Mitchell's back when a complete jerk hits Mitchell with his
car and wants to pick a fight with him. Unfortunately, Fizbo is scaring the
crap out of Phil. This was not a problem for Haley. Her problem was the animal
trainer, Jungle Tanya, because her boyfriend was fascinated by the animals Tanya
brought to the birthday. Tanya helps Dylan hold the snake, which of course sets
off the jealousy alarm bells with Haley. She solves this problem by opening the
container of a scorpion to get Tanya in trouble.
So how does everyone end up in the
hospital? Right when Mitchell is telling Claire that Fizbo "is a
badass," the scorpion makes its appearance and scares the crap out of
Fizbo, who runs like a maniac, as do the kids near him. He knocks over the crafts
table and gets too close to Phil, who freaks and backs into Jay. The crossbow
goes off accidentally and deflates the bouncy castle, and Bianca, the girl
Manny was trying to impress, was trapped. In comes Manny on the zip line to
rescue her and her balloon animal dog.
And the
irony was Luke breaks his arm when he slipped on Claire's comb sheath beads. It
was the best birthday he ever had. He loves his cast, since they smell after a
few weeks, and he wants everybody to sign it. Claire provides him with a nice
cast scratcher, which looks like a comb with a leather sheath. Fizbo brings in
a cake and by now everybody knows Phil is scared of clowns.
Theme:
In this
episode the theme was unity. All of the characters were very adamant about
coming together as a family. They had an accident that could have made the day
a total disaster, but it brought them together closer as a family.
Biblical Perspective:
Jesus
often taught that believers are stronger when they are together. Just as this
family was stronger together so are believers. An example is of the gifts in
Romans 12. The gifts can work individually, but they all need each other to be
their most successful.
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