How It All Goes Down
- Instead of Christmas in Florida, the Jarrett family has Christmas with the grandparents.
- Hey, at least Grandpa won't open up into a huge sinkhole and swallow the house.
- The Jarretts have a pleasant dinner, but they're still feeling the loss of Conrad's brother, Jordan, who has been dead only a year and a half.
- To get their minds off that, it's present time.
- Cal takes Conrad outside, where a brand-new car is waiting for him.
- Instead of jumping around like a crazy person on The Price is Right, Conrad takes the keys, says thanks, gets in, and drives off.
- Calvin feels like the car was a mistake. Why? It's not like it's a Chevy Nova or something.
- Beth later tells Calvin that he can't try to buy Conrad's love with a car.
- Calvin doesn't think that's what he was trying to do.
- But the more he thinks about it, the more Calvin realizes that yes, he was trying to make everything better with a car. And it's not going to happen. Especially not with a Pontiac.