Ep 11. One Christmas to Go

As her mom arrives unannounced for Christmas at the Salingers, Daphne heeds Charlie's advice and makes an effort to reconnect. However, Doreen makes it clear she and her boyfriend Les are going to take advantage of the stay for a vacation of their own. Meanwhile, the threat of Ned's being on academic probation if he doesn't get an "A" on a paper persuades Julia to stay and help before heading home for Christmas. And after Charlie takes Griffin to task for bringing Claudia home from school, Bailey and Sarah are stunned when Owen destroys all the Christmas presents they've made. As Griffin decides to move on and find a place of his own, Doreen suspects Kristin is up to no good with Charlie. When challenged by Daphne, Doreen makes it clear that she's looking out for her by keeping Kirsten away. Because the dorm room is too cold, Julia insists on taking Ned to a motel to work on his paper. But while she wants to finish up and make it home for dinner, Ned has other things on his mind. Meanwhile, when a prop from the church Christmas pageant turns up missing, Bailey is reluctant to confront his little brother. But, after finding it at home, he must accept the fact that Owen is the thief. As they frantically search for someplace that's still open to print his paper, Julia discovers that Ned lied about his deadline in order to keep her around. As a last ditch effort to get them to stay only shows how much she and her mom are alike, Daphne takes Doreen and Les to the bus station, leaving Claudia furious at having all her hard work on dinner go down the drain. As a Christmas gift from Griffin inspires Charlie to apologize, Julia arrives home to find the dinner plans in shambles and hurries back to the dorm to be with Ned. Finally, after dropping Doreen and Les at the bus depot, Daphne considers leaving herself. But upon returning to the Salinger's, she watches from outside as Charlie, Griffin and Claudia attempts to salvage their