- Titus's mom, Juanita, is up for a hearing at the mental hospital in order to determine her competence - Titus, Dave, Erin, Tommy and Ken testify. Should she be kept locked up?
- Titus believes his mom Juanita (Frances Fisher) is a criminal, who was driven to insane behavior by his father Ken. She is locked up in a criminally insane mental asylum. Following the events of "Mom's Not Nuts" (when Juanita chased Ken down the highway with a broken wine bottle in her hands), Christopher and the gang attend Juanita's competency hearing at the mental hospital. The doctors attest that Juanita is now recovered from her mental health issues. She is even helping around with random tasks at the hospital such as running the front desk. Juanita is very good at her tasks and very charming and jovial. Erin and Juanita start to bond over Titus. When Ken is late, Titus thinks he got there first, and Juanita cut Ken up and stored his pieces in a mason jar.
Juanita jokes to Titus about testifying against her at the hearing. Titus wants nothing more than to keep his mom locked up, and now he must testify as Ken is late. Titus doesn't want to be the reason due to which his mom is locked up in a mental asylum. He desperately wants his dad to arrive, so he can testify, and Titus can achieve both his goals. Juanita would still be locked up and she won't blame Titus for it. If Juanita gets out, Titus thinks she will kill Ken. Titus doesn't want to testify against Juanita and sends Erin in. Erin caves when Juanita sweet talks her about having Titus's kids. Juanita says that Erin will make a wonderful mother and that her kids will have blue eyes. Tommy is next. Tommy testifies that Juanita drugged the gang and tried to kill Ken, but then also gives all the legal arguments against himself, which means Juanita wins. Dave goes in next and is laughed out of the room.
Titus goes in as Ken is still not there. Titus gets super worked up, bangs the table while insisting that Juanita drugged everyone at dinner and tried to kill Ken, and the committee thinks he is the one who needs a sedative. Ken arrives and coaches Titus on how to testify against Juanita (that's the only way to keep her in, after Ken dies). Ken tells Titus to always lead with the Ice pick on Christmas story. Always refer to her as "it".
Ken is adamant about keeping her locked up and enters the testimony room himself. He recounts all of Juanita's psychotic episodes after she was released in the past. Ken says Juanita even smoked during her pregnancy. But Christopher has a change of heart after learning certain truths. Juanita had written many letters to Titus, but Ken never gave them to him. Ken visited Juanita many times in the hospital and always kissed her goodbye. Juanita claims Ken still loves her. Ken admits that he threw the letters out.
Titus understands that Ken drove Juanita to insanity. Every time she acted insane was when she was trying to save Titus from Ken's cruel behavior. Titus votes to release Juanita. Juanita jokes about killing Ken after she gets out.
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