9. Meet the Grandparents

Instead of sleeping in and ordering pizza, per his normal Thanksgiving custom, Jimmy invites Hope's other grandparents, Dale and Margine, to join the Chances for a more traditional holiday dinner. The Chances soon realize that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when Dale and Margine kidnap Hope, and it's up to them to get her back.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Jimmy wants his family to celebrate Thanksgiving for the first time (which the Chance family believes is "the only Thursday of the year they didn't have to work"). Jimmy decides to invite Lucy's parents ( Valerie Mahaffey and Greg Germann ), who are in denial of the fact that their daughter was a serial killer. When they finally do come however, the Chances are placed off guard long enough so they kidnap Hope. In revenge, Virginia knocks out Lucy's mother and takes Hope back. They later return to the Chances only to apologize for their behavior. However, when they say grace before their dinner, Lucy's parents kidnap Hope again, and are arrested.

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