Jeff Meacham

Barney finds out that Ted and Robin split up two weeks before Marshall and Lily's wedding, but kept it secret so they wouldn't overshadow the event.

When another man is dismissive of Dre in front of Rainbow, he worries that his manliness is in question. Pops steps in to help his son save face, impressing Ruby with his show of confidence and re-igniting their love affair.

Dre endeavors to take over the role of office Santa from the head of human resources. Bow gets sick of competing with Ruby over who cooks Christmas Eve dinner.

Dre worries that his older kids are going to ruin his Halloween fun by refusing to take part in the Johnson tradition of seeing who can pull the most outlandish pranks on each other.

When Dre's mother Ruby comes to stay, she smothers her son with love but just can't seem to get along with Rainbow. So Dre must find a way to persuade the two most important women in his life to bury the hatchet.

On the way to the family's annual skiing trip, Dre realises that his children may not appreciate the significance of Dr Martin Luther King Jr so he decides to inundate them with historical facts about the civil rights campaigner.