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Surprise Parties!

Major Dad is ambushed with a birthday hoedown, Sheldon purchases his first birthday present, and Dick Van Dyke matches wits in a clandestine party-planning chess game with his wife... This week's trope is Surprise Parties!

Here's what we're watching:

The Dick Van Dyke Show S2 E30 "A Surprise Surprise is a Surprise"

Major Dad S1 E20 "Officer of the Day"

Big Bang Theory S1 E16 "The Peanut Butter Reaction"

The Middle S7 E13 "Floating 50"

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