I watched this episode before the mopey episode that preceded it.
I must say that this particular episode made me feel good in my nether regions... but the episode before that had David Lynch (again), so it's kind of a wash between which was better.
The entire episode was great, but man was it a treat to see some goofy near-slapstick after the blackest-of-black-humor first shot of the episode (him on the couch, sick and bored looking, then the camera pulls back and it's Christmas morning).