Rory begins her internship at one of Logan's father's newspapers. Emily and Richard fawn over Rory's boyfriend, but Lorelai is not as impressed.
House and his team race to diagnose a 12-year-old's illness - an illness with a shocking origin - and House asks Cameron to come back to her job.
Monica and Vic rush to get their informants off the street after two C.I's are found brutally murdered. Meanwhile, as Dutch and Claudette investigate a brutal beating and robbery, a case from the past forces Dutch to take one in the line of duty. Plus, Vic suspects he's being set up when Shane comes to him after his situation with Antwon and Halpern spins out of control.
A young Marine is killed in Iraq, but he was investigated by police for a murder on a young girl in his hometown. While going through his personal belongings, they find the body of that girl. The local police believe that the corpsman murdered the girl, but Gibbs believes that he is innocent and he will try to prove it with a help of Faith Coleman.
After Logan authorizes Palmer to take charge of the crisis, Palmer sanctions Jack and Curtis to infiltrate the Chinese Embassy on a covert operation to capture a suspect. Tony and Michelle continue to bump into each other's personal lives, while Buchanan expresses anger at being kept out of the mission. Jack faces Audrey's wrath when a medical dilemma places Paul's life in jeopardy.
When a case from ten years is re-opened, Allison finds herself in a chaotic situation. Things continue to get messier when Allison finds out that the convicted man is innocent, and that someone she knows and trusts may have been involved in his framing.
Jake's visiting accountant brother Brian (guest-star Tom Parker) from LA says he sees no future for Jake and Nina, prompting Jake to seek advice from Andy. Also, accepted at Princeton, Amy assumes that her father secretly sent in her application. Lastly, health issues create tension between Rose and Harold, but the tension turns to fear when Harold finds out that Rose has a 3-centimeter long tumor.
After a bitter custody battle, shots are fired outside the courthouse. Bullets fly and the target is the little girl's mother. Horatio goes after the father, who he suspects may not be the girl's biological father after all. However, when the mother's shady past is uncovered, the team finds that she has a lot of enemies who would like to take a shot at her. Meanwhile, Calleigh's father returns to the crime lab for her guidance but for an unexpected reason.
When her boyfriend cancels their date for the senior party because she won't have sex with him, a depressed Spirit gets drunk on way to the event and misses all of the festivities. Meanwhile, Danielle and Candy are convinced they are being stood up by their dates with Flex and Duane, but unbeknownst to them, the guys are being held up at gunpoint by a man (Chingy) down on his luck.
After sleeping with bandmate Finn, Lynn believes that she can deal with an open relationship, but becomes extremely jealous whenever she sees him with other women. Meanwhile, Joan forces William to attend Toni's baby shower, although he believes such events should only be for women. He gives Toni an heirloom cradle that he expects to get back in the future for his own kids, only to learn that Toni has given it away to her cleaning lady (before firing her).
Evelyn reads in the obituaries that her second husband, Harry has died. They all attend the funeral, including Jake who is excited at the opportunity of seeing a ""dead guy"". Charlie is excited by the opportunity of a newly single widow, and Alan is just happy to pay his respects to Harry.
The comedy illusionist duo explore various topics and debunk what they consider misconceptions about them.
Mary meets her secret admirer but faces legal issues on the road to romance. When a philandering hotel guest (guest star Dave Foley) loses his wedding ring at a local brothel, Mike agrees to help him find it by investigating the establishment. Meanwhile, Danny and Ed do some investigating of their own to respect a friend's last wish for justice.
Mona entertains overtures from the head of a rival record company, who hopes to hire her away from Delicious. She seeks her father's advice on how to handle the situation, leading to resentment from Phyllis. Meanwhile, Big Dee Dee plans a lavish 15-month ""birthday"" party for Drew in the hopes of showing up her friends.
Krypto and Ace take on a mutant dog-plant hybrid who is stealing all the trees in Metropolis.
Gigi decides that a new bed – one her ex-boyfriend hasn’t touched – will be the only way to start fresh in her love life. While her friends Stella and Francesca are off bedding porn stars and movers, Gigi continues her search for a new mattress, and a new man to test it out. Unfortunately, her new bed is soon broken in by a howling ex-pimp. To make matters worse, while mattress-shopping, Gigi bumps into her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend who happen to be purchasing a bed for their new shared room.
Ray's latest manipulative plan involves constantly turning down Debra in the bedroom.
A powerful sorceress switches bodies with Phoebe, who ends up trapped in the Underworld. Meanwhile, Paige faces a big problem when her new charge refuses her help.
Stan Smith is mad because after getting his wife a job (or "hobby") as a Real Estate agent, she makes more money than him. In the meantime, his daughter Hayley ran a program that helped the homeless, and Stan's son Steve had an idea to have a Bum Fight program. To get back and to try to gain more money than his wife, Stan takes Steve's idea and starts a Bum Fight Night where he takes bets and treats the homeless like wrestlers. But with the homeless petition, Stan has to end up fighting like a homeless man himself.