Thanksgiving With My Best Friend's MomTurkey day turns torrid as the hostess keeps summoning a guest

The story

Stop the presses: Ryan has nowhere to go this Thanksgiving, so Kyle, his closest buddy, drags him home for dinner. Kyle's mom is the cook in charge, and she is a digital stand-in for Lexi Luna, a licensed AI twin, and the real Lexi never stepped on set. She sends Ryan into the kitchen to help while the men stay glued to the game. She has butter on her hands, a gleam in her eye and a very specific job for him. Dinner is at six, and our sources note that nobody else is allowed through the kitchen door before then.

The twist

Episode 2 turns up the oven. The pie is hot, the game is still on and the hostess wonders aloud whether Ryan is brave enough to try something before dinner. His answer is not in the free reel, but the clock keeps ticking.

Developing story

The paid episodes ask how long a dinner table can stay polite when two people at it have a secret. The gravy, apparently, is the least of it.