When Sam suggests Esther and Larry snuggle up to watch The Horse Whisperer, which Trevor tells her his mom always described as “sensual,” well, it seems like the Parent Trap might actually work. He has Sam and Jay serve them red snapper soup, just like they ate every year on their anniversary, and has them play his parents’ song, “The Best of Times” from La Cage aux Folles. Trevor has Sam invite his parents to stay the weekend to host a memorial service for him, and all the while he can feed Sam intel about how to rekindle their relationship.

He hates this! He also feels like his death is very much to blame for their split, and he has a plan to fix things: He wants Sam to help him Parent Trap his parents.

“I come from a broken home? I’m a ghost of divorce?” asks a shocked Trevor. Unfortunately, closure is the opposite of what Trevor gets when Lenny and Esther tell Sam and Jay about how they got divorced not long after Trevor died. It’s not long before Trevor’s parents, Lenny and Esther, arrive at Woodstone for a little closure. Hetty offers Trevor both a hearty congratulations and her sincere condolences because, really, what does one say? It’s not like there’s a section of Hallmark cards for “They found your corpse!” Trevor could recognize that chiseled jawbone anywhere (“You could slice brisket with that thing!”) and the coroner confirms it: The remains belong to Trevor. When Jay takes a few B&B guests out fishing for their new “Bait & Plate” outing, instead of catching a fish the guests can have Jay cook up for their dinner, they reel in a human skull. So why, after all this time, are we having a memorial service for Trevor? Well, as you may recall, in season one, we learned that when Trevor died at the mansion after a drug-fueled evening with his finance bros, his “friends” dumped his body in the lake on the property.

The news hits him hard! Alas, so does the news of his parents’ divorce.

And I’m not just talking about how Trevor finally learns the truth about Mel Gibson, an actor he idolized enough in his youth that he made Mel his bat-mitzvah theme, but I am talking a little bit about that. It’s a good thing Trev has something to celebrate, since the other circumstances around his memorial are pretty upsetting for our dearly departed No Pants. It is undoubtedly the best day of his life - er, death. Let’s not bury the lede here: Tara Reid - the actual Tara Reid - shows up at an impromptu memorial service for Trevor, her biggest fan.

The parent trap free