I was on vacation last week, and just saw this episode yesterday. I agree, it was a lot of fun! Good jokes (“Dumpster nog! And not the kind for kids!”), snappy pacing, good performances, and some of that sentiment they’ve been working in more. I particularly enjoyed each family’s variation on turducken. (“Oh, no, they crave death.”)

As to what happened to Marianne, or why Robot Santa has a naughty/nice switch instead of bad programming? SCIENCE HAS NO ANSWERS!