Phil's job takes up a lot of his time, Luke has his friends over for a poker game, Gloria worries the baby is cursed, and Cam hosts a funeral for the cat's imaginary wife.
Jess invites her divorced parents to Thanksgiving dinner and schemes to get them back together; Schmidt and his visiting cousin compete to prove their manhood.
House shares explicit medical stories with students at a school's career day; two fifth-graders try to help House understand how his antics prevent him from showing Cuddy how he feels.
Chuck and Mike debate the merits of an inner city school merging with a high school in an upscale neighbourhood; Boyd's Halloween costume -- a lump of coal -- reminds Vanessa of her job's potential impact on the environment.