At Susan's, Alison and Aaron came in after a nice dinner at Emma's with Aaron's side of the family. Emily comes in late as usual, upset that Daniel'd rather spend the holiday at school. Susan shrugs that maybe they'll get him for Christmas. Alison talks with Emily about Dusty. Emily growls that Dusty's keeping secrets from her. Alison suggests that Dusty's probably keeping her in the dark for her own sake. At the dinner table, Emily excuses herself when she gets a call from her source. Coming back in, she apologizes for leaving before dinner, but she really has to run. Later, Alison thanks Susan for everything. When Susan mentions Casey, Alison replies that she hasn't spoken with him in a while, but from what she hears, he's getting his own place. After they''ve left, Susan sits down by the fireplace with a cup of hot cocoa and stares at the flickering embers. Suddenly, the doorbell rings and Susan's delighted to see Michael on the other side. Although initially full of glee, she remembers that he left town and left her in the dust. Suddenly full of contempt for the man she was starting to fall for, Susan asks Michael what he's doing back in town.

Across town, Nancy helps Bob set the table. Kim comes in from taping a late holiday commercial at work and is relieved to see that dinner hasn't quite been served. Setting down her coat, she helps bring out the food.

While Carrie does some design work at B.R.O., Barbara is in another room. Barbara finally sighs, setting down her pen and calling Carrie's name. Barbara asks what she has planned for the holiday and Carrie admits that she hadn't thought about it. Barbara smiles that the Lakeview has organized a nice Thanksgiving banquet in the dining hall and she'd love for Carrie..and Noah..to attend tonight. At the dinner, Noah and Carrie silently stare their food, while Barbara eyeballs them both. When Will appears, Carrie's eyes light up and the two immediately start conversing, much to Barbara and Noah's unified chagrin. Later, Barbara pulls Noah aside and confronts him on his feelings for Carrie. Noah confesses they have had a bumpy relationship, but he still has feeling for Carrie. Barbara hints that as long as he can keep Carrie away from Will, the more time he'll have. Noah's confused. Barbara continues that she just doesn't think her son is ready for another relationship just yet (he's still in love with Gwen) and she thinks Carrie might be pushing a bit too hard. Plus, with the two apart, it gives more time for Noah to show his true commitment to Carrie. Reluctantly, Noah agrees to the grand scheme.

Over at Worldwide, Lucinda's finishing up some paperwork and closing up for the night when Emily busts through the doors. Lucinda berates her, asking if she's lost her mind. No, Emily retorts, but she just wanted to let her know that her next story for the Intruder will have a surprising exposé on the Walsh matiarch. Lucinda chuckles and asks what this so-called exposé will entail. To the point, Emily smiles that she plans on exposing Lucinda's annulled marriage to Clark Allan. Lucinda, inwardly, damns Dusty Donovan, but scoffs at Emily's "hilariously entertaining" accusation. Emily pulls out a court document, noting that the marriage between one Mary Ellen Walters and Clark Gabriel Allan has been annulled. Furthermore, Emily points out how the document was sealed and cleared from both Lucinda and Clark's records. Not able to take anymore, Lucinda forcefully strikes Emily's face and sternly bellows for her to leave. Emily spins around and starts to make her exit, but not before issuing a spiteful rant to Lucinda. Later, Lucinda calls Dusty and furiously scorns him for blabbing all to Emily.

Margo helps Tom with his tie as he curses the day the accessory was invented. Margo giggles and reminds him that they're late for dinner with Lyla. Tom hates that they missed dinner with his folks, but stands content with his proposal that they spend a day together soon. Upon Margo's nod, Tom senses and opportunity to address their previous conversation from the other night, but Margo tells him to disregard everything. She doesn't know what she was thinking; they're much too old. Tom takes her in his arms and replies that he'd love nothing more than to have another child with her, but they can barely make their business meetings. How would they raise a child? Margo agrees and the two set out for Lyla's. When they arrive, they find the kitchen bellowing with smoke and alarms ringing. Lyla shoos the smoke through an open window as Casey stumbles from the kitchen, disrobing himself of a soot-covered apron. They all laugh at Casey's attempt to cook a nice dessert to finish off the meal. They all sit down to eat the main course, opting to skip out on the heavily burnt brownies. Casey reminds them that he has three seperate apartments that he's looking at and would love for Tom to come with him one day and help decide. Tom agrees as they all begin to clear the table. Margo catches her mother staring at a photo of Craig on a nearby coffee table. She reminds her mother how Craig hated turkey and wouldn't have had fun any way. The mother and daughter duo subside their laughs for a moment, reflecting back on their most delightful memories with Craig. Lyla laments how she'd love to have her son back, even if it was just for a moment. Startled from their reminiscing, the ladies look up and see Katie come in, wiping tears. Panting for breath, she wails that Carly knows. Carly knows she's not pregnant. At a loss, she asks Lyla what she's supposed to do now.

Rosanna finally meets up with Neil at his office. He informs her that Kathy's plane has been delayed, but she seems very anxious to speak with Rosanna. Delighted to hear that she's one step closer, Rosanna calls Carly with the good news. Interrupting her moment of bliss, she spies Paul lurking in the parking lot outside and storms off to confront him. Paul apologizes, but claims he didn't want to spend the holiday under his mother's burdening gaze, Instead, he was hoping he could spend the last few moments of Thanksgiving with the only one he truly cares about. Rosanna stops him, pulling his hand away from caressing her cheek. She orders Paul to leave her alone. She knows he only wants to help find Cabot as a way to get close to her again. It's not going to happen, she sternly protests. Never.

At Iris's, Gwen slowly stirs her green bean casserole. Plucking at it with a fork, Gwen sighs and finally gets up from the table. Iris remarks how she didn't even finish her cranberry sauce, but Gwen can't seem to find the appetite. Iris can sense the dreary conversation turning into a shedding of the tears for Will and reminds her daughter that Will was putting their infant daughter in danger because of his inconsolable grief. He needs to get his head right before Gwen even considers letting him back into their life. Accepting her mother's advice as fact, Gwen nods her head and heads off to bed with Hallie in tow.

Bob, Nancy, Kim, and Lisa all sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner. Bob remarks how every year, he's more and more thankful to be sitting at the table with them. Kim smiles, addressing the rough patch they had earlier. She explains how Chris's love and care for his parents' happiness helped send them back onto a road of recovery. Nancy adds that by the four of them showing Chris forgiveness, they also sent him onto a bigger, brighter, happier future. Lisa hates that all the extended family couldn't be here, but just the four of them being together at this very instant is all that matters. Raising their glasses, they toast to the future...and that their family and all their loved ones will grow stronger as the world keeps turning.