Giving thanks

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving (I know this is belated; traveling, turkey, what have you), I just wanted to mention one of my favorite Thanksgiving-themed hours of TV, the surprisingly poignant Will & Grace episode, "Homo for the Holidays." I know. I just said it was poignant and now you're laughing at the name...just bare with me. It's the episode when Jack's mom visits New York for Thanksgiving and he comes out to her. (How it wasn't blatantly obvious to her that he was gay for 30-something years, no one will ever know.) Any way, his mini-speech goes something like this: 

"I've kept this from you for a long time, and that's wrong, because it makes it seem like I'm ashamed of something I'm not ashamed of. I want you to know who I am because I'm proud of who I am."

A very sweet moment in a show that was successful because of its irreverence. Honorable mention to a more recent Thanksgiving episode -- Gossip Girl, Season 1 -- "Blair Waldorf Must Pie;" Blair's infamous, incredulous reaction to the Humphrey's Brooklyn loft: "You know what's really weird? There's a garage door in the middle of your room."