A Very Kish-y Thanksgiving

Unlike the rest of the country, the residents of Llanview celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday this year. Fish and Kyle were included in today's Thanksgiving episode, along with most of the rest of the cast, and they once again made me smile and sigh like a silly romantic.

Today's Kish scenes started with Fish and Layla in the kitchen, working on the dinner while a very shirtless Cristian (something that no Holiday is complete without!) talked to his mother and brother on the phone.

The conversation Cris was having with his family prompted Layla to ask Oliver if he'd called his parents. He told her that he'd left them a message and had thought they'd have called back already. Layla assured him that they'd come around eventually and I have to say that Fish only seemed a little sad about this himself. I guess being with the man he loves is softening the blow of his parents' reaction.

Meanwhile, Kyle was across town at the Angel Square Motel, getting ready to make a green bean casserole on a hot plate to take with him to Thanksgiving dinner. He ran into his BFF Roxy, who was feeling down over being estranged from her own children this year. The two of them talked and Kyle invited her to join him, Fish, Layla and Cristian for dinner, but Roxy said no, that she didn't want to feel like a 'sixth wheel' to use her expression.

Later, the casserole made, Kyle stopped on his way out to tell Roxy that his own mother, while not perfect, had loved him very much and he'd always known it. He told Roxy that she reminded him of his mom, which was sweet. Of course, one imagines that his own mother didn't lie to him constantly about his paternity, as Roxy has done with Rex.

I still really love the Roxy and Kyle scenes. They make such an unlikely but awesome pair of friends. That's one of the things that this show does so perfectly: friendships between characters. Even if they're not necessarily in each other's storyline orbit (though, this show interweaves the stories together beautifully, unlike most of the other soaps on the air), people take the time to catch up with their friends, like they would in real life.

I guess Kyle really doesn't have any family left, now that his serial killer (or, I guess I should say, accomplice and lover to a serial killer) of a sister is dead. His parents sounded so awesome when Fish told Layla about them, I'd hoped we would meet them at some point. Ah, well.

Back at the apartment, Layla asked Fish if this was going to be his and Kyle's first official date, and Oliver told her that they were saving that for later. That's about the time that Kyle arrived, and the way that Fish just lit up when he saw him at the door made my heart melt!

There was no further action in their story, really, just a really sweet shot of them holding hands and looking into each other's eyes at the dinner table during a montage of all the characters doing their thing this Thanksgiving. I love, love, love Kyle and Fish together! I know that's already obvious, but I just wanted to say it again.

Well, I hope everyone reading this who celebrates Thanksgiving has a fantastic one this year!