Just-widowed senator Joseph Grady's endorsement is vital to launch the mayor's senatorial campaign. Mike and Caitin find out Grady has no sympathy for Winston (nor the other way around) but looks upon them as a lovable echo of his early marriage, so Mike pretends they're firmly engaged. Keeping the pretense up during a Thanksgiving dinner at Randall's Connecticut cabin proves no picnic, nor cooking the turkey, as farm-boy James brought a live one and the girls are determined to save it.
—KGF Vissers