Whitney returns to Smallville, eager to start back up where he left off with Lana. But everything isn't what it seems...
Lorelai misses the town carnival when a visitor arrives. Rory's beau won't take her to the carnival – until he learns she might go with another boy.
As Vic gets closer to finding his family, the Strike Team focus their attention to Armadillo after he burns down Tio's business, an act that threatens to expose Vic's protection racket. As Claudette gets closer to the truth about Vic's connection to Tio, Dutch is accompanied by the civilian auditor to solve the murder of a meter maid, while Danny and Julien intervene between two feuding neighbors.
A woman is shot in an apparent car jacking; Jordan and Elaine make an unlikely team investigating this one. When a baby is found clinging to life under the mother, her husband claims the child is not his.
Stunt #1: Barrel Rolling Over seven stories high, contestants would have to stand on top of a large plastic pipe and use their feet to roll it across a set of beams from one rooftop to the other. The four contestants to complete this stunt the fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Rat Transfer Going two at a time, contestants would have to use their mouths pick up dead rats from a table and toss them into buckets from behind barricades. Each race would last for 2 minutes. The contestant from each pair to transfer the most rats would advance to the finals. The loser would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Car into Pond Contestants would have to drive a car off a ramp and into a pool. Once the car was submerged, they would have to grab a flag, exit the car, and swim to the side of the pool to post the flag on a flagpole. The contestant to do this the fastest would be the Fear Factor Champion.
Ty bails Carlos out and unsuccessfully tries to help him smooth things over with Nicole; after Bosco and Faith break up a domestic disturbance between an old friend of Faith's and her lover, Faith convinces her friend to leave the abusive relationship; Alex gets irritated when the other firefighters make fun of her brother; Sully continues to drink and have a poor attitude on the job; Jimmy is appalled when his face appears on a poster for an erectile dysfunction product, and is stunned when he discovers that the company paid the charity for whom he posed for the picture $10,000 for the right to use the picture, and that their website got 3,000 hits the first day from women wanting to know his name; when he discovers that everyone thinks that he's guilty and he's likely to lose his case, Carlos resigns in the hope that Nicole will drop the matter, and he'll be able to avoid a conviction that will end his visits with Kylie and his hopes of becoming a doctor.
With Shalimar in sickbay, the team recruits a new feral to temporarily take her place, but the feral plans to become a full-time member of the team...any way she can.
Andy sleeps with Jessica's cleaner causing Jessica to replace her with an old married couple recommended by Byron.
The teens at Clone High begin smoking raisins, which sets them on a groovy, music-filled trip, so Principal Scudworth and the PTA develop a plan to fence in the students.
Johnny struggles to rescue four teens trapped in a collapsing mine, all while reliving - and in some way trying to redeem - sins from his family's past.
The unexpected arrival of Mayor Wilson Loewen at Oz spurs an ironic turn involving Schillinger and Beecher. Meanwhile, Dr. Nathan discovers why solitary inmates are getting sick; a new business plan within Oz inspires Redding; Schibetta looks to puts a curse on the O'Reily family; and some Death Row prisoners get a bang out of a magazine photo shoot.
A friend of Lucy's makes the team suspicious when a rumor begins to circulate that the large company that she works for might be going under. After work, the team heads to the football field, hoping to retain control of the infamous trophy.
Meg gets two Cs on her report card and Helen, more concerned about it than Jack is, thinks it would be a good idea for Meg to accompany her to her Temple class. Meg dislikes the idea, but not as much as she dislikes the fact that Luke agrees with her mother. Roxanne is also at odds with her mother, so she stays with the Pryors. Meanwhile, Beth notices JJ talking to Colleen; Jack hires Henry's nephew, Nathan; and it seems that there's a bullying problem in Will's third-grade class.
While Alliance counterintelligence head Ariana Kane tracks Sydney in order to catch her fugitive father, Jack elicits Irina's help in finding Sloane's blackmailer. Meanwhile, Sydney and Vaughn risk exposing their covers to SD-6 when they share a romantic dinner together while on a case in France.
After kidnapping Phoebe, Cole sends a shapeshifter to assume Phoebe's identity to help him manipulate Piper and Paige into giving him ownership of the Manor, allowing him access to the powerful Nexus located beneath the house. Meanwhile, Phoebe plans her escape, and Cole gets Paige arrested and ensures that Piper's club fails to pass health inspections in order to keep them distracted.
When Kif gets pregnant, Amy questions her readiness to become a parent.
On a visit to Francis' dude ranch Hal can't help being disappointed in Francis' success, Reese and Malcolm fear Francis has turned into an overly responsible grownup, and Gretchen punishes Dewey for breaking a valuable doll.
Whilst out walking, Clegg and Truly meet a Chinese handyman full of wisdom for a price - Entwistle from Hull. Also, Tom gets visited by the repo-man.
When an airline baggage supervisor is found murdered in the trunk of her car, the detectives investigate the employees listed in a sexual harrassment complaint which leads them to a scam involving credit cards and credit reports with foreign links.
DCI Charlie MacIntyre has paid a terrible price for putting the wrong man behind bars - and he won't be the last. Now the stakes are raised for Red to track down the sadistic murderer whose aim is to be judge, jury and executioner of the guilty. But the killer is always one step ahead.