This week, grandmas everywhere need to watch their backs, we make the world's worst smoothie, Melanie wants to go to Branson, Beth dodges a bullet at Great Wolf Lodge, Alyson has a family mole, Karen imparts Thanksgiving advice, and Riley's dad is a menace.

Content warnings: cancer, excessive/delayed diagnostic testing, hospice, terminal agitation, extensive discussion of grief, vague mentions of mid-term pregnancy loss.