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"