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Thanksgiving

Episode aired May 12, 2017
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34m

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9.4/10

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Over a series of Thanksgivings from the '90s to the present, Denise settles into her sexuality and faces the challenge of coming out to her family.Over a series of Thanksgivings from the '90s to the present, Denise settles into her sexuality and faces the challenge of coming out to her family.Over a series of Thanksgivings from the '90s to the present, Denise settles into her sexuality and faces the challenge of coming out to her family.

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Angela Bassett and Lena Waithe in Master of None (2015)

Angela Bassett, Kym Whitley, Venida Evans, Lena Waithe, and Ebony Obsidian in Master of None (2015)

Angela Bassett and Kym Whitley in Master of None (2015)

Angela Bassett, Kym Whitley, Venida Evans, Heaven Michelle McCoy, and Vijay Mahimtura in Master of None (2015)

Kym Whitley, Venida Evans, Heaven Michelle McCoy, and Vijay Mahimtura in Master of None (2015)

Angela Bassett, Kym Whitley, and Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)

Vijay Mahimtura in Master of None (2015)

Angela Bassett, Kym Whitley, Venida Evans, Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe, and Ebony Obsidian in Master of None (2015)

Angela Bassett as Catherine, Ebony Obsidian as Michelle

Lena Waithe and Ebony Obsidian in Master of None (2015)

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Trivia
Much of Denise's coming out story came from Lena Waithe's life. She cowrote this episode with Aziz Ansari.

Goofs
During the Thanksgiving 1995 sequence Denise's video collection includes copies of Shaft (2000) and Men in Black (1997).

Quotes
Dev: Denise! You can't be dating some girl with the Instagram name NipplesAndToes23.
Denise: I know, man. I'm trying to get her to change it.
Dev: [Scoffs] I'm surprised there was twenty-two other NipplesAndToes.

Connections
Featured in The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)

Soundtracks
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Written by Ishmael Butler, Mary Ann Vierra
Performed by Digable Planets

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10/10

Outstanding

You do not ever need to see a single episode of this series in order to appreciate the perfection, beauty, pain and humor of this episode. You will feel transported back in time - perhaps feel a similarity to your own youth as I did as I am the same age as the characters (33) - and go from 1992-2017. Denise handles coming to terms with being gay and her old fashioned mother who actually is just afraid for her. It sounds dark and serious, but it isn't! It is real and so funny and so fresh. And the end is satisfying and comes full circle. The casting was spot on for the younger versions of Denise and Dev. Bravo - I am clapping still. Watch this with your parents, friends, anyone.

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