Rebecca's and Justin's Hawaiian wedding extravaganza is ruined (RUINED!) by an EVIL hurricane. But obviously we all know that it was way too expensive to fly the whole cast to Hawaii, so they are throwing a Californian luau. If Justin can man up to getting married in a white suit.
Kitty, who is starting to look more and more like India.Arie, goes for her MRI to see how her cancer treatment is going. The Senator is there, too, despite Kitty's protests that he needs to maybe go to Washington and, like, vote or something? Cancer, much like a medical office's waiting room, doesn't care who you are, and it turns out Kitty's tumors have not responded to the chemo and, in fact, have grown. But she doesn't tell anyone because she doesn't want to bum out the bride or interfere with the climate bill.
After last week's drug and alcohol lost weekend, Justin is back on the meeting tip. He confesses that he had a glass of champagne at his bachelor party and submits to the ritual flogging and denuding. In the sheltering anonymity of Narcotics Anonymous, Justin tells his group all the things he can't tell Rebecca, but unfortunately, the group's anonymity doesn't work when the bride-to-be's dad is sitting in the crowd. David reads Justin the marrying-my-daughter riot act. So Justin tells Rebecca about all of his Issues. And that goes over really well, obviously.
Simon shows his seedy underbelly (not in the shower this time) and asks Nora to help him get some money out of a Nigerian bank, all she has to do is give him a $100,000. Luckily she happens to have that much sitting around. Also, Nora does not deserve to be happy, ever. Obviously, Simon runs off to Portland with her hundred grand (not the candy bar, the money).
Obviously, Tommy has to show up to Justin's wedding, and obviously he had to kidnap Elizabeth to make his family hate him more to justify his prolonged absence. Kevin's inner lawyer makes him call Julia, who hops on the next flight to California to reclaim Elizabeth and issue a strong "Screw you!" in the general direction of the Walkers. Except Scotty and Kevin, who invite her for a sleepover. Does "bros before hos" mean nothing to these people??
Remember at the engagement party, where Justin didn't show up for like two hours? He pulls the same shit again. But he snaps out of it when a kid gets hit by a bike in front of him, and he knows at least as much as a Boy Scout and makes a tourniquet out of a tie and sends a smoke signal for an ambulance. The moving experience makes him basically the lead in his own personal life-changing Christmas story. Suddenly he loves his life and can't wait to be a husband, a father, and maybe get a brain transplant so he can be a doctor. But it's too late, Rebecca's already called off the wedding.
But, as the previews last week clearly showed us, that calling off was complete bullshit just meant to manufacture drama. So the California wedding is thrown together at the last minute, everyone dons earth-tone outfits, Justin doesn't shave, Saul officiates, Scotty and Kevin kidnap Elizabeth, someone brings a football, Kitty wears her Sue Sylvester wig, and Rebecca wears a nightgown. It was beautiful. But before the I Dos can be uttered, Kitty collapses. She's not breathing. Now THAT'S drama.
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You know how Scotty and Kevin got married in Nora's backyard? And how it looked like Kitty and The Senator got married in the backyard, too? And how, like, every Walker celebration ever took place in the goddamn backyard of Walker Manor? Well, why break with tradition, right? So here goes: OH NOES! Hurricane Zelda has just been upgraded to a Category 2 storm and it is threatening to swamp the Hawaiian islands. Does this mean that Rebecca's and Justin's wedding luau will be rained out? YES. What about the ukulele players?? Will they ever get another job? NO. Well, not until world famous director Wes Anderson (who refuses to be my friend) needs a score for his next Gwyneth Paltrow-Jason Schwartzman extravaganza. The Walkers, who apparently have nothing better to do (like, say, work) are all gathered around the television at Walker Manor anxiously watching the weather reports on the progress of Hurricane Zelda towards Hawaii. It is not looking good. So they spring into action. Or Saul does anyway. He calls the hotel to see if they can move the wedding inside or if they have hip waders for the wedding party to wear or at least maybe can they get 10% off the tablecloth rental? Justin, obviously, wants to postpone the wedding and gets very snippy with anyone who comes up with an alternate plan to said postponing. He just wants to postpone, okay? Looks like somebody wore his crankypants today! Oh who are we kidding, Justin hasn't changed his outfit in six months and those crankypants have adhered to his skin and will only be removed with industrial strength solvents or some heartwarming epiphany. When the California news announces that the Hawaiian airports are closed, Justin jumps up and down and squeals while everyone else looks crushed at the loss of a Hawaiian vacation. Justin remembers he is supposed to look glum, so he stomps out of the room to prove his point. I've been trying to figure out a "Legend of Zelda" joke, but I'm stumped. Crap.
Meanwhile, Holly and Rebecca are at the doctor getting Rebecca's first prenatal checkup. Gosh, I wonder why she didn't invite Justin? Maybe because he is a crankypants who doesn't want a damn baby and is ripe for a Christmas comeuppance? Maybe? Rebecca has some doubts about going ahead with Baby's First Sonogram without Justin, but Holly is like, WHATEVER! SHOW ME MY GRANDKID. So they do. Between us, first sonograms are not usually done abdominally, but the more medically-correct way would probably gain this show the hoary eye of the FCC. And this show likes to save THAT for hot doctor shower sex. Rebecca and Holly giggle in awe at the sound of Baby's First Heartbeat. The doctor claims that judging by the pretty picture, the baby is about 8 weeks along. So it's like a lima bean with a heartbeat, which is totally Christmas card material, right?? For some reason when the doctor says it is 8 weeks along, I expect Rebecca to gasp, "That's impossible!", and then admit to some one nighter with Ryan. But I guess we would still see the grease spots on her skin if she did that.