Ellen longs to buy a home, but she'll have to sell her bookstore to do so. Tom: Curtis Armstrong. Larry: Larry Hankin. Spence: Jeremy Piven. Paige: Joely Fisher. Peter: Patrick Bristow. Audrey: Clea Lewis.

The bookstore's new manager, whose hobby is hunting, wants to bag Joe, whom he finds beastly. Ed Billick: Bruce Campbell. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres. Spence: Jeremy Piven. Paige: Joely Fisher. Audrey: Clea Lewis.

Ellen comes unglued when her parents reveal that they intend to separate. Harold: Steven Gilborn. Lois: Alice Hirson. Margaret: Nancy Lenehan. Uncle Jim: John Petlock. Rose: Pat Crawford Brown. Paige: Joely Fisher.

Desperate to reunite her parents, Ellen re-creates their Cuban honeymoon, circa 1958, complete with the musical stylings of Eddie Fisher (who appears as himself). Lois: Alice Hirson. Harold: Steven Gilborn. Dr. Whitcomb: Paxton Whitehead. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres.

Ellen's therapist counsels her to speak her mind, but Ellen's speechless when she spies the good doctor in a compromising position. Claire: Harriet Sansom Harris. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres. Audrey: Clea Lewis. Paige: Joely Fisher.

At a camp reunion, Paige intends to get even for a childhood incident that Ellen was secretly behind. Cameo by Anne Rice ("Interview with the Vampire"). Paige: Joely Fisher. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres. Megan: Carol Barbee. Little Ellen: Kaley Cuoco.

Ellen insists on mothering her ailing father (Steven Gilborn). Therapist: Harvey Korman. Spence: Jeremy Piven. Joe: David Anthony Higgins. Paige: Joely Fisher. Peter: Patrick Bristow. Waitress: Anne De Salvo. Audrey: Clea Lewis.

Lois accepts a date with a man (Lyle Waggoner) she meets through a dating service. Singer Trisha Yearwood appears as herself. Lois: Alice Hirson. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres. Barbara: Debra Mooney. Paige: Joely Fisher. Spence: Jeremy Piven.

As Spence's passion for medicine is reborn, Paige takes a testv to find out if she's pregnant. But Audrey is the one who's positive. Paige: Joely Fisher. Mike: Dana Gould. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres. Spence: Jeremy Piven.

Ellen invites a nice guy (Joe Flaherty) to Thanksgiving dinner, not knowing that he's homeless. Ferne: Kathleen Noone. Paige: Joely Fisher. Spence: Jeremy Piven. Ed: Bruce Campbell. Peter: Patrick Bristow. Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres.