It was Thanksgiving Day. Hetty was planning a big feast for the team. And Granger was insisting on deep frying the turkey.
'Do you even know how to deep fry a turkey?' Hetty asked.
'I watched a friend do this carefully, I can do this.' Granger responded.
'Well okay, just don't blow it up.'
'Nonsense!'
The afternoon was going well. Kensi and Deeks had arrived early to help out. The other guests had begun arriving as well.
'Okay, What did Monty do exactly?' Eric asked Deeks.
'Left a huge mess in the bathroom, didn't know about it until I opened the door and stepped 1 foot inside, Bam! 1 good sock ruined!' Deeks said in disgust.
'Yikes!'
'I really liked that sock.'
'BOOM!'
Everyone was wondering what the explosion was and where it came from.
'Sounds like it came from the yard.' Kensi said.
They raced out to the yard, A really shocked Granger was near the deep fryer, uninjured.
'Owen, what happened?!' Hetty asked, in disbelief.
'I think the turkey exploded.' Granger sheepishly responded.
The feast went on, with Hetty making a speech thanking everyone for coming, and made a snarky comment about her 'dim witted husband's cooking ineptness' with blowing the turkey up.
'I'm sorry. I must have accidently overheated it for too long.'
'Smirk. Yeah, sure sure.' Hetty snorted.
'You're never going to let me live this down, are you?'
'Not a chance, sweetheart!'
As for where the turkey landed after it was launched from the deep fryer, no one really knew. Rumor had it landing in the ocean. Another rumor said it went clear across California.
The biggest rumor though, had it being in outer space, seen from the International Space Station.
Every year at Thanksgiving, Hetty would tell the story of how her 'dumb husband launched the turkey into space because he thought he knew how to deep fry', and Granger would show amusement at it while hiding his embarrassment.