Unhinged Gratitude, part two. Teddy the dog is the special guest (elderly, handicapped, and running the show), and the girls are thankful for dogs, sort of thankful for cats, and not at all thankful for people who are mean to animals. Ashley's career as a cowgirl lasted three and a half minutes before she was ready to call PETA, the ASPCA, and every damn body. Kila pulled a spinning puppy away from somebody else's kid at a Nashville brewery. And yes, there is an emotional support alligator.

Then school: first grade math that isn't math anymore, common core boxes, Cole spelling "pimp," holding boys back for sports, and the time Ashley failed seventh grade and begged to start over at kindergarten if it meant going back to Hickman County. Plus life before Google, Ask Jeeves, ChaCha, and whether kids with ChatGPT will ever have to know anything.

The second half gets real. Hagen wants to move closer to his parents and his brother Michael, and Ashley talks through what it means to uproot your whole support system, what you owe family, and the caregivers online she wants on the show. Then back to chaos: a surprise Opryland weekend, the indoor water park in a bathing suit at 48 degrees, a PSA about how many songs the Opry headliner actually sings, and the Santa picture Hagen took by himself, where the kids "literally look like garbage pail kids."

We're thankful for all 12 of you.

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