04x13 - The Best Thanksgiving Ever

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♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ What they will do next

♪ You never can tell

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ Brother and sister

♪ And best friends as well

♪ With each misadventure, they're put to the test ♪

♪ Working together is what they do best ♪

♪ Helping their family and friends, that's a start ♪

♪ They make a great team as they each do their part ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ What they will do next you never can tell ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ Brother and sister

♪ And best friends as well

♪ Brother and sister

♪ Maya and Miguel

MAYA: I can always tell when the holiday season begins

by when our Halloween candy ends.

[Paco squawking]

The last piece of Halloween candy.

Yes! Got it.

Hey! ♪ Tada

Es mio. It's mine.

Paco.Hey!

You know what this means, don't you?

It means you took the bigger piece.

No. It means Thanksgiving is coming up.

Ninos, good news.

You got us tickets to the Melissa Rojas concert?

You got me a soccer ball autographed by Freddy Adu?

Better.

Tata viene a pasar Thanksgiving con nosotros.

Tata is coming for Thanksgiving?

Oh, fantastico.

But doesn't Tata always spend Thanksgiving

in Puerto Rico with tio Felix?

This year, he decided to go to Bora Bora.

So we get to see Tata mora mora.

I guess it works.

Hello, daughter. Hola, son.

Papi, aren't you excited to see Tata

for such a big holiday?

Si, mijita. Of course.

My mother has never had Thanksgiving here.

I hope it's special enough for her.

It'll be special, Maya.

Our Thanksgivings are always special.

But, Miguel, if it's her first Thanksgiving here,

it needs to be extra super-duper special.

I don't like the sound of this.

Eso es. That's it.

We'll make this the most perfect Thanksgiving ever.

Decorations... Football...

Paco likes football.

And turkey.

Maya, that's a wonderful idea,

and I'll do my part by making

the most delicious turkey we've ever had.

I've already ordered a nice, big bird from the butcher.

Bird from butcher?

No, Paco. Es un pavo.

Not a parrot. A turkey.

Yeah. I knew that.

We'll make our traditional dishes.

Creamy mashed potatoes, corn bread, yams,

cranberry sauce, stuffing, pumpkin pie.

Mmm. Tasty. Delicioso.

Yum, yum. Me gusta pumpkin pie.

Oh, and maybe some Puerto Rican dishes

so Tata doesn't feel homesick--

you know, like arroz con gandules, plantains, yucca.

Yeah. Ohh...

Hmm, that sounds like a lot of cooking.

No te preocupes, Rosita.

I have my secret recipes.

I never leave home without them.

OK.

So, kids, do you know what else

an extra-special Thanksgiving means?

Football?Parades?

Games? Games?

Food?

An extra-clean house.

Uh-huh.

Right.

There. Right there.

[Squeak]

perfecto.

[squeak squeak]

Brilla. It shines.

Huh? Oh, it's slippery.

Aah!

Awk! Jeez.

♪ Tada Ooh, yeah.

Aah! Hold still, Miguel.

Whoa!

Ugh!

Whoa! W-whoa!

Whoa! Whoa!

Uh!

I'll do it.

Ay, ay, ay.

Paquito, we should have asked you sooner.

Aaaah!

[Squawking]

[Both cough]

PACO: Ay, ay, ay.

Aah!

Aah!

Cleaning is for the birds.

All right.

Who's coming to the airport to get Tata?

Paco is. Give me a welcome sign.

MIGUEL: Papi, we're a half-hour early.

SANTIAGO: On the island,

Tata is famous for her punctuality.

Wait here while I go park the car.

That's pretty.

Let's buy Tata some flowers.

Buena idea.

PACO: Yeah. Good idea.

I can't wait to see Santiago and the family.

Oh, a baby. Que mono.

He's so cute. Hello. Hello.

MIGUEL: I bet Tata will love the flowers.

Hmm, I wonder where they could be.

MAN ON P.A.: Flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico,

has arrived safely at gate number .

Tata's plane landed already.

Oh, come on. Hurry up.Maybe it's up here.

Where are they? I'll try up here.

MAYA: She must be down here.

Ay! She's here.

Her plane landed already.

Ay!

Whoa. Whoa whoa whoa!

Whoa.

Where are they? Oh, my shoe is untied.

Oops, forgot my welcome sign.

Ohh...

Ohh, whoa, whoa.

Where could Tata possibly be?

Mami, where have you been?

Right here waiting for you,

and you're right on time, mijito.

PACO: Ohh...

Ahh...

MAYA: Tata, this Thanksgiving,

we have big plans for you.

First, we'll watch the big parade on TV.

Better yet, we'll throw you a parade

with a band and everything.

Uh, ok.

Then we can watch the big football games.

Better yet, we're gonna play football,

and we'll make decorations,

and we're gonna put on a puppet show, and then we'll--

SANTIAGO: Ninos, ninos,

your Tata has traveled a very long way.

Give her a chance to rest.

TATA: I have plenty of time to rest.

I want to have fun with my favorite grandchildren.

MAYA: The first thing we have to do to make a perfect Thanksgiving

is shop for the perfect ingredients.

[All sniff]

Whoops. Uh-oh.

PACO: ♪ Bananas

♪ Bananas, yum yum

♪ I love them, I love them

♪ Bananas, I love

♪ I eat them, bananas, all day ♪

♪ Banana, banana, banana, ole

♪ They're yellow and mellow ♪

♪ And sweet and yummy

♪ Oh, that platita

♪ I eat them, hee hee

Rosita, Thanksgiving dinner is a lot of work.

How can I help?

You can make the gravy.

Si, your world-famous gravy.

Well, if you brought the recipe with you.

I never leave home without it.

PACO: ♪ Bananas, get them at the store ♪

♪ A store full of bananas

MAN: Como esta toda la familia Santos?

Muy bien, gracias, senor Obregon.

We're here for that fresh turkey I ordered.

PACO: What? No bananas?

Follow me.

[Gobbling]

Los pavos.

They don't get much fresher than this.

Um, that's a little too fresh for me.

PACO: So...you guys want a banana?

[Gobbling]

Ha ha ha! Aah!

Aah! Tito!

[Squawks]

Here, turkey. Here, turkey.

Ay, ay, ay. Ay!

Here, turkey. Gobble, gobble, gobble.

What? You have something against bananas?

Come back, silly turkeys.

Regresen, pavos!

[Chuckling]

Ay, ay, ay.

It's a good thing we got all those turkeys back,

huh, Mama?

Gobble, gobble, gobble.

Except for one.

I've never cooked a frozen bird before.

Don't worry, Mama.

It won't take long to defrost.

It says, "Allow hours in refrigerator

per pounds of turkey."

So our turkey is pounds.

Uh-oh.

We should have started days ago.

Ay!

Who's the turkey now?

[Beep]

[Snoring]

Despierta, dormilon.

Yeah. Wake up, sleepy head.

Huh?

Maya, it's snowing.

Hey, sleepyhead. It's Thanksgiving.

We've got to make decorations

and then go to the community center

to pick up the instruments for Tata's parade,

and we can't fall behind schedule

or be late for our football game in the park.

What happened to sitting around and just eating, Maya?

Yum! Paco wants a taco.

Paco wants a taco.

Not when Tata is in town.

Buenos dias, chicos.

[Yawn]

Aah!

A turkey?

Rosa!

MIGUEL: Ha ha! The turkey is taking a bath. Ha ha!

Ow.

Still hard as a rock.

Ay, I wanted my turkey to be so perfect,

and now it's going to be a disaster.

SANTIAGO: No te preocupes, Rosa.

I am worried.

I need a stuffed-and-cooked bird by this afternoon.

PACO: Don't look at me. Don't look at me.

Awk!

MAYA: Mama, it's ok if dinner is a little late.

We have a big day planned with Tata.

We can use the extra time.

Wait until Tata sees the parade we have planned.

This will be the best Thanksgiving ever.

It'll just take a minute to get

the instruments from the community center.

PACO: ♪ Turkey, turkeys high and turkey, turkeys low ♪

♪ Getting instruments for the parade ♪

♪ Trumpets, flutes, no pianos--too big ♪

We've got the instruments.

The instruments.

♪ Turkeys everywhere, turkeys in your hair ♪

♪ Turkeys in your instruments at the turkey, turkey fair ♪

The instruments.

♪ Paco loves a turkey dance

♪ Paco loves to sing and prance ♪

♪ How, how, how, how nice, get the-- ♪

Awk!

Que paso?

Someone stole our instruments.

Oh, no turkey in the van?

Oh, no! We loaded them into the wrong van.

Abuela, follow that van.

Ay, encuentro las llaves.

Uh-oh. No keys.

Here they are. Hurry.

Ah. Ay!

Huh!

[Ring ring]

MIGUEL: Abuelita, can you please drive a little bit faster?

They're getting away.

Squirrel, get out of the way.

Oh, we lost them.

MAYA: OK, OK, OK. Small glitch.

We have no instruments for the parade.

What? What? No instruments?

What happened?

Calm down, everyone.

I mean, we can think of something, right?

Uhh... Uhh... Uhh...

Maya, I think we have to tell Tata that the parade is off.

Aw, shucks.

Tata, we're sorry we couldn't throw the parade for you...

Oh, really, it--

but we promise you're going to love

our next Thanksgiving event.

Uhh!

Oh, it's like an oven in there.

But I don't smell turkey.

Um, Miguel, why don't you wait here with Tata while I get our stuff?

Uh, sure.

Tata, did you know the, um...

history of Thanksgiving

and its roots as a harvest festival?

TATA: No. Tell me, mijo.

Ooh.

Why is it so hot, Mama?

Uhh...

Nooo!

PACO: Heat wave.

It's still frozen.

And in some cultures, people use the holiday

to thank God for their good fortune,

and way before the pilgrims,

other cultures like the Chinese,

Greeks, and Romans had harvest festivals,

and they've always involved sports competitions.

It's not Thanksgiving without touch football, right?

PACO: and and stretch and and...

This is a tradition, Tata. Jugemos futbol americano.

The game is simple, Tata.

We want the ball to go this way...

This way. This way.

and they want the ball to go that way.

That way. That way.

PACO: Uh-oh. It's starting to rain.

Sorry, kids. I guess we should just go home.

But we were going to teach Tata the game.

Don't worry. I thought of everything.

Gracias.

We can still play, right?

That's what they do in the big leagues.

I don't know, Maya.

Papi, please, please.

It's really important that Tata see how we celebrate Thanksgiving.

Well...are you ok, Mami?

Never better.

All right,

but let's hope the rain doesn't get too heavy.

I got it. I got it.

Aah! Ohh.

Give me the ball. Give me the ball.

Get him, Miguel. Get him.

Aw, you tricked us.

[Tito panting]

Yeah! Way to go. Yeah!

Touchdown!

[Maya panting]

Oops. D'oh!

Huh!

Touchdown?

Ohh, how could this happen?

I'm usually so good at planning things.

You are?

Miguelito, I wanted Tata's first Thanksgiving

with us to be so perfect, and so far it's been--

well, it's been a turkey.

Maybe you should just cool it.

Leave Tata alone.

Let her relax and wait for dinner in peace.

Miguel, eso es. That's it.

You liked my idea?

Oh, si, you know, with one little wrinkle.

While Tata waits for dinner,

we are going to make sure she enjoys

the all-time best American Thanksgiving pastime ever--

watching football as a family.

Tata, you will positively,

absolutely love this Santos tradition.

And the best part is that absolutely nothing can go wrong.

Hmm.

Yeah. Ha ha!

I like it already.

Let me fix this chair the way Papi likes it.

Huh? Huh?

Nngh!

Whoa! Ay!

Aah!

Ooh!

Awk! All gone?

Ay! Oh!

Rrgh! Nngh!

Oh! Whoa!

Ohh.

Who said you can't exercise without moving?

Ooh, that gold team looks good.

Phew.Phew.

Go get them. Whoo hoo!

Get them. Get them. All right.

Get them. Get them.

ANNOUNCER: Touchdown.

Touchdown! Get them. Get them.

ANNOUNCER: Extra point is...good.

Ay, mira, mira, corre.

Agarra la bola. Ay, ay! Ay, mira se cayo...

I might as well tell Tata that Thanksgiving dinner

is just going to be side dishes

and her delicious gravy poured on nothing.

The turkey is still frozen?

Like the North Pole.

Oh, Maya...

I really wanted to make this Thanksgiving

special for everyone and especially for Tata.

No te preocupes, Mama.

You need a rest.

Sit down with Tata and take a break.

She's having a great time watching football,

and Miguel and I have just the plan

to get that turkey thawed out.

We do?

Yes. We do.

Now, Mama, go sit with Tata and stop worrying, ok?

We are Santoses.

We don't let a chunk of ice turkey get the better of us.

We don't?

We don't.

He's melting.

But not fast enough, Miguel.

Come on. Show some heart.

Two is better than one.

PACO: Oh, poor bird.

But we still need more defrosting power.

You're in the red zone. Now's the time.

Come on. Come on.

Don't let those meanies win.

Did you hear Tata?

She's loving the game.

Come on. Come on. Go, go, go, go!

Almost, almost.

Now is the time.

Come on, turkey! Come on!

Go, go!

The game!

Ay, ay, ay.

MIGUEL: Oh, no.

PACO: We blew a fuse.

What happened?

Oh, no. I think the power is out.

Maya, Miguel, are you OK?

Well, the turkey is still frozen.

So much for my wonderful dinner.

I can't get the lights back on

till someone comes to fix them tomorrow.

I am very upset.

We're so sorry, Tata.

We wanted everything to be so great for you--

the parade, the football, the turkey.

That's what I'm upset about.

You've all been working so hard to spoil me,

and you don't have to.

But what do you mean?

We were trying to show you the perfect Thanksgiving.

No matter what happens,

this was already a perfect Thanksgiving

the moment I stepped off the plane.

You know why? Because I'm here with my family.

♪ Abrazos, abrazos, abrazos ♪

Ooh! Ooh!

Hug. Hug.

Whoops.

[Laughter]

Pues, chico, what does a family do when there's a problem?

Tengo una idea.

So that's where I get it from.

Deep-fried turkey coming up.

I'm going to need a metal can,

gallons of cooking oil and that cage.

Awk!

Paco's cage. Paco's cage.

Por favor, Paco, por Tata.

We'll get you a new one.

Oh, OK, if it's for the family.

Aah!

TATA: A ver este pavo.

Well, I, for one, would like to say

that I am grateful to have so much of my wonderful family

here on Thanksgiving.

Gracias.

And I am grateful that Paco was willing

to part with his cage for the evening.

Turkey is ready. Whoo hoo!

Yay. Finally.

Mmm.

I'm grateful for Tata's gravy

because this is the most delicious

Thanksgiving turkey I've ever tasted.

And I'm grateful that, even though the parade

and the football game and the TV-watching

didn't quite go as planned,

that we all have each other.

Ah, that's right.

[Typing]

[Ding]

[Ding]

Rosita, mmm,

your mashed potatoes have never been creamier.

Pasame la yucca, por favor.

Esta riquisima.

More cranberries, please.

That's delicious.

I've never, ever had a fried turkey before, I think.

Que rico. So much garlic everywhere.

Excuse me, but did anyone lose a trombone?

BOTH: Our instruments.

When I discovered the instruments in the back of my van,

I checked the names and addresses on the cases

and started returning them.

ABUELA: Muchas gracias. You went to a lot of trouble.

No. It was wonderful.

I got invited to everyone's Thanksgiving celebrations.

I've been eating turkey since noon.

Well, I can promise that none of those turkeys

were cooked quite like this one.

Mmm. Looks delicious.

MAYA: All and all, I'd say this was a perfectly weird,

but weirdly perfect, Thanksgiving.

[Playing "Turkey in the Straw"]

[Sour note]

[Music stops]

[Laughter]