Harrison and Clarence are in their hospital room, now known as the Church of Ann-Margret, comparing favorite memories of Christmases past. Both of them are wearing skiing caps, presumably to hide their chemotherapy-induced hair loss. Actually, Clarence has traded his in for a Santa hat. He looks like the Grinch. Harrison tells this "important story" about getting a baseball glove and a batting tee from his dad for Christmas when he was in Little League and then practicing with him outside the whole day. The synthesized violins were playing pretty high for the whole story, so I'm guessing we should pay attention.

So then Clarence tells this raised-in-a-Walmart home-spun story about him and his brothers and sisters waking his mom up one Christmas with waffles in the shape of the Star of Bethlehem and giving her a fake diamond ring.

They joke about how bad the cafeteria food is, and then Clarence dies. Yep, that's right. Oh God, do I have to describe it? Okay, well, first Clarence doesn't answer Harrison, so Harrison is all, "Clarence, quit fooling around." Then there's a shot of Clarence looking really washed out and pale and not moving at all, and Harrison keeps going, "Clarence? Clarence?" You get the idea. Next thing you know, they've moved the body to the morgue and someone's in there packing up the angels.

Well hello, Alley Mills, Harrison's lesbian mom! Who, by the way, is looking really cute in this red v-neck sweater with a starched men's shirt underneath. Her hair is blonder, and she's got this whole Meg Ryan-as-Tintin thing happening. She's sitting there at Harrison's bedside, listening to him obsess about Clarence's death. Clarence's death has left Harrison a cynical bitter teen. She tells Harrison that she was talking to Clarence's mother, who said that even though Clarence died too soon, he really did have "a wonderful life." Harrison dismisses his mother's perspective as random crap. Mrs. John reminds him of meeting "God." Harrison tells her that he's decided that Ann-Margret was just some escapee from the psychiatric ward. Nurse Dan comes in to get Harrison to walk around and circulate his blood. Harrison doesn't want to, because there's no point. They wheel him to the hallway anyway and try to get him to walk to the end of the hall and back. There's a zoom-in/pull-back to indicate that even walking up and down the hallway is a challenge, and Harrison starts crying, saying that he's too sad and hurt to keep going. Nurse Dan says they'll try again later, and they take him back to his room. Alley Mills crosses her arms and leans against the wall to indicate that she is "concerned." See you later, Alley Mills, Harrison's lesbian mom!