Pilot (Relative Strangers episode)

Synopsis
The show begins with Jacob Washington and his uncle (Mark Thompson) and his aunt (Jenna Washington) walking on the grounds of the University of Hystoria with Trevor, Jacob's dog. They're having a heated discussion about Jacob's future and what is to happen to Trevor while Jacob is staying at his uncle's house. Jenna doesn't like dogs, Mark adores them.

Mikhail Therreroff is working in his laboratory when his niece walks in and starts to erase his whiteboard. Mikhail gets very mad, as it is his month's work that she is erasing, but he struggles to keep a calm face on, which turns to laughter. Renata argues that her mother told her to clean up, and that if he did not tell her what it all was about she'd consider his research rubbish and clean it up. They fight, and she ends up crying in her room.

On Christmas eve, Laura Clarke and Monica Clarke are seated around the dinner table waiting for Jordan Mehmut Clarke to come in. They nag about how close he is getting to their father, afraid of the influences he could have on Laura's son, when the doorbell rings. Laura opens the door and starts helplessly lecturing her son, who nonchalantly walks past her, typing on his phone, and sits at the dinner table with a leg upon another. His mother and aunt try to reason with the delinquent, who eventually gets mad and leaves the house when his mother tries to force him into coming to midnight mass with her. Laura cries out in despair.

Mark visits his brother, Jeremy, and they discuss Johnny's and Jacob's enrolment at the University. They decide to head to Blizzardfell Brewery for a drink.

Upon hearing the door slam, Natasha Walker, the young wife of Jeremy, happily goes to her daughter-by-alliance's bedroom to pull her out of bed. Rose Thompson only jumps out of bed when Natasha says the word 'shopping', and nearly rips her pyjamas off, revealing that she is already dressed to go shopping. Natasha laughs and they leave the house, hand in hand.

Continuity
The pilot episode recounts events that take place just before Family Feuds's.

Title
The term 'Pilot' is traditionally used in the entertainment industry to identify the first episode of a television series.