- Liz's over-supportive parents and brother, who is stuck in 1985, come to town to for the holidays; Jack's uber-critical mother also comes to visit
- Jack gets jealous of Liz's family; Jack's mother instigates fighting within the Lemon to prove to Jack that all families are messed up
- The rest of the gang work on preparations for Ludachristmas
- Kenneth brings in a pastor to perform an intervention when everyone forgets the true meaning of Christmas
- They finally succumb to the true Christmas spirit and decide to cut down the Rockefeller Christmas tree; but they don't
- Tracy has to wear an ankle bracelet to monitor his blood-alcohol level