Dev and Denise have been friends since they were little. Every Thanksgiving Dev has dinner with Denise, her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother. The story of this episode is told over the course of more than 20 years. It begins in 1992. The exact year is an educated guess based on the fact that Im Cool Like Dat by Digable Planets plays over the opening credits. All subsequent years (1995, 1999, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017) are clearly labeled.
Denise comes out to her mother about halfway through the episode, in 2006, 7 years after she came out to Dev. She brings her first date to Thanksgiving in 2015. It is a very awkward meal. Denise's relatives aren't ready to see her in the company of another woman. She brings a different date in 2016, whom no one likes, except Denise. Even Dev has problems with her date that year. The next year she is back with Michelle, her date from 2015, and it goes much better.
Catherine, Denise's mother, is played by Angela Bassett. In 1995, Catherine makes reference to the fact that Denise and Dev are 12. Starting in 2006, Dev and Denise are played by the same actors that play them in the present.
I like this episode. It isn't my favorite of the season but it seemed more down to earth and to my liking that most of the episodes that focus primarily on Dev, his insecurities, and his life. I even watched it twice. If not my absolute favorite then at the very least it is up there with 2.04 (First Date) and 2.06 (New York, I Love You) as my favorites of this season, so far.
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