U People Episode 4 opens up with Hanifah and Olive relaxing after a long day as they talk about complicated lesbian positions and the first time Olive brought Hanifah home to the family for Thanksgiving.

Earlier that day, Olive, Hanifah and Gloria hit the streets looking for U people stories and stumbled into Henrietta Hudson. Henrietta Hudson is one of the oldest lesbian bars in NYC. There they chatted with Itty Bitty, the absolutely adorable bartender, and couldn't resist the golden pole in the corner that called their names. 

Watch the video here.

Your friendly and exhausted AfterEllen.com staffers and bloggers are taking some time off for the Thanksgiving holiday. So things will be pretty quiet around here until Monday (well, probably Sunday night, because we're crazy like that).

How can you entertain yourself in the meantime? Funny you should ask! Here are a few ideas:

• Watch the new episodes of U People and We're Getting Nowhere
• Read Siege's post about chefs who guarantee a happy holiday
• Watch Home for the Holidays (starring Holly Hunter and directed by Jodie Foster) on Showtime Thursday night (and feel better about your own family angst)
• Add your own bad movies you love and good movies you hate to Dorothy Snarker's lists
• Read about Peppermint Patty's personal pilgrimage
• Watch Battlestar Galactica: Razor (nothing says "happy holidays" like space drama!)
• Read the linster's post about Thanksgiving TV
• Suggest some great TV dykons to go with Ace's picks
• Read a review of What's Cooking? (starring Julianna Margulies and Kyra Sedgwick as a lovely lesbian couple)
• Watch Loving Annabelle on Logo Sunday night

And, of course, catch up on all the articles, recaps and vlogs you haven't had time for lately. I like to think we all have at least one thing to be thankful for: the very existence of AfterEllen.com. Now let's eat!

photo: Anne Taintor

Thanksgiving is the perfect lesbian holiday. It involves a potluck (with vegetarian options, of course), eating too much and then sitting around with friends pretending to watch football while we talk about the people who aren't there. And we have pie. I love pie.

T-Day also provides plenty of fodder for seasonal episodes of television series, usually centered on a chaotic family dinner or the Macy's parade or turkeys that aren't done on time. (See TV writer Ken Levine's blog for his summary of Thanksgiving plots.) Sounds like a good excuse for a list — and some food for discussion. And so, submitted for your approval, my five favorite Thanksgiving episodes.
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