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Cut to later at Ojai Foods corporate headquarters. Sarah is with Nora and she's just finished telling her mother about the 1/3 interest that Holly has in the Nevada property. Nora is stunned by her dead husband's $10 million bequest to Holly.

Nora: It's just so much.
Sarah: What?
Nora: What he gave her. What he wanted her to have. He cared about her. He really cared about her.

That's right Nora. He liked her. He really, really liked her! Just a brief aside, but looks like no one has told Nora yet about Rebecca, the as yet unseen bastard child Holly had with Bill Walker. Can't wait to see how Sally Field reacts to that bombshell.

Cut to Nora's big Chanukah party. The festivities are in full swing and lots of people are milling about drinking kosher eggnog and stringing matzo balls into garlands for the Chanukah bush. (Okay, that's pure fancy on my part. I'm a secular humanist – what the hell do I know about Chanukah celebrations?)

The doorbell rings and Nora answers and ushers Warren Salter in. He still doesn't know he's about to get canned from Red White & Blue. He's come to see Kitty. Nora points him to the study where Kitty is wisely hiding out from the evening's festivities.

Warren interrupts her and asks whether Whit has fired her yet. Kitty tells him she still has her job for the time being. Kitty doesn't tell him that he's the one on the chopping block, which must make her feel pretty lousy when Warren then offers her his allegiance:

Warren: Well, I'm gonna walk if they let you go.

Poor clueless Warren. You don't know it yet, but you're gonna walk anyway. Kitty hems and haws and finally hints to Warren that she wants to leave the show.

Kitty: I want to work for someone I can believe in.
Warren: Wait.
Kitty: What?
Warren: Its McAllister isn't it? He's the guy you believe in!

The subtext of this exchange – Warren now knows that Kitty has transferred her affections to the Rob Lowe character. She's not only leaving the show – she's leaving him. See, I knew he should've lost his underwear.

Cut to the Kitchen. Nora is looking for Paige. She doesn't want her granddaughter to miss a minute of this insane Chanukah shindig. Uncle Saul pulls manic Nora aside and explains that Paige is (wisely) hiding out in an upstairs bedroom watching cartoons.

Saul: She's a little intimidated by this.
Nora: Intimidated by what?
Saul: By tonight Nora. I couldn't be more Jewish. And I'm overwhelmed by your intensity.

Me, too. I'm half-expecting her to force everyone to wander in the wilderness for forty years so they really get the Jewish experience.

Sarah and Joe enter the scene and Nora immediately presses them into fetching Paige.

Joe: Nora, let her be. She's a young girl and she wanted to explore her heritage. A little bit. She didn't enroll in a seminar on Judaism.

Ouch. Nora looks like someone slapped her. Paige walks in – having caught the last exchange.

Paige: Everyone's fighting, and it's all my fault.

That's right kid. All your fault. You've ruined Chanukah for secular humanists everywhere. I guess you can just kiss that diabetes cure you've been praying for goodbye.

Uncle Saul consoles Paige and takes her to the dinner table to say the blessing.

Saul: This little girl is searching for a miracle.

All I can say is, forget it kid. You're cute, but not even a miracle will give you a career to rival Dakota Fanning's.

Saul: A lot has been taken away from her this year. A lot has been taken away from all of us. We lost William. We lost a perfect bill of health. We lost relationships. Judaism teaches us to accept whatever obstacles are placed in front of us.

Saul has Paige light the first menorah candle. Then he starts chanting the blessing and even sings a bit in Hebrew. He can really carry a tune actually. This is Ron Rifkin at his most likeable.

Cut to the back yard. Kevin and Justin are taking refuge from the party. Justin tells Kevin he appreciates all his efforts to keep him out the army, but its time to stop fighting.

Justin: No one did this to me. I need to make it right and that's what I'm gonna do. I love you.
Kevin: You're so gay.

Hello!!! That's the perfect strategy for getting Justin out of the Army. Use “Don't Ask Don't Tell” to your advantage and just tell Major Guinness that Justin's queer, for goodness sakes. It is such a no-brainer that I cannot believe that no one on the show has even once batted this around as an option. Even if merely to joke about it.

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