A mother's sudden paralysis during a indoor rock-climbing incident leaves her daughter injured, and House's new team looking for a cure. Meanwhile, House organizes his new recruits' Secret Santa gift exchange... with a few twists of his own.
Christian attempts to cope in the aftermath of a death. Colleen feels threatened when another talent agency shows an interest in Sean's acting career.
With the local council doling out money to the new young-mayor, Debbie sees a chance to buy hens and potatoes and give Chatsworth free egg and chips. Meanwhile, Shane falls for his perfect woman and it looks like she's fallen for him but when she takes him back to her place, the spare room at Lillian's; Shane's in for a bit of a surprise. Also, Yvonne has trouble with some yobs in the shop and things get a bit heated has she finally met her natch? And,when Stan runs down an old lady, he confides to Tom and Carrie that he should be wearing spectacles. To save his job, Carrie takes the rap, but when the old lady decides to sue, it might be Carrie who is going to get fired.
Alex is a navy pilot who entered therapy due to a mission that went awry in Iraq. Alex talks to Paul about his service in Iraq and a heart attack he suffered while exercising.
Mike Rowe gets dirty in Oregon making shingles and then jumps on a Coast Guard ship to clean dirty buoys.
While Cheryl is still out of town, Jim is having hard time dealing with Ruby's girl problems, so he assigns Dana to help her. However, when Dana tells Ruby to go out on a date with an older guy, Jim if forced to intervene, as he, Dana and Andy end up following Ruby to her date.
Paige gets a job in the fashion industry, but her relationship with Alex - who is being lazy after completing her education at Degrassi - is threatened by both Paige's job and Alex's attitude. At Degrassi, Manny reconnects with Damien, but the both of them clash over the issue of merging the Degrassi and Lakehurst organizations.
Huey and Riley listen to different perspectives on the story of their ancestor Catcher Freeman.
When Lacey starts up an 'Employee of the Month' program at The Ruby, Wanda tries to get Brent to do the same, but finds that she has some hurdles to jump before she gets the appreciation she feels she deserves. Hank's new hobby is knitting, much to Emma's dismay. Oscar also has a new hobby: writing for The Howler, and Karen and Davis have to keep him out of trouble.
Paul learns that Laura is infatuated with him when she attends her regular Monday appointment. Paul, however, is further shocked by the revelations Laura makes regarding a steamy bar encounter.
Kyle and Amanda's relationship hits a period of uncertainty after she makes a surprise visit home, but is uncharacteristically cagey about the reason why. Meanwhile, Jesse loses her patience with Kyle when he keeps putting off her training sessions.
Kris sneaks back into town to watch Wildfire in a race. Junior sees her in the barn with Wildfire. Dani and Kris become friends, and Dani lets Kris stay at her new clinic. Junior is struggling to decide if he should propose to his girlfriend, Laura.
When Stan's mom gets dumped by yet another boyfriend, she comes running to Stan for support, which he willingly provides (yet again). Francine, feeling threatened, seeks to loosen this umbilical cord, with Roger's help. Meanwhile, Klaus inadvertently gives Steve a fish disease called "ick."
Widow Old Amos announces that he has decided to get married again to his maid Patty. His friends are worried that she is just marrying him for his money. Robert manages to upset his family and the residents of the village when he refuses to let his children sing a song in praise of the Tories at the local church concert.
Flashbacks follow Marge and Homer back to their dating days, when she was a college student and he was working for his father to support her. Then Marge becomes smitten with a professor, so a sorrowful Homer turns to music--and invents grunge.
"Buyer's market out there." - Templeton Omar plots his revenge for his former associates murder now that he's returned from exile. Gus stresses the need for a city-court reporter, after missing out on a grand jury probe. Carcetti finds there are strings attached in his desire to get rid of Burrell. While McNulty investigates the deaths of homeless men, Freamon needs the help of an old friend. Also, Marlo looks to the future in his dealings with the Greeks.
Walt and Jesse attempt to tie up loose ends. The desperate situation gets more complicated with the flip of a coin. Walt's wife, Skyler, becomes suspicious of Walt's strange behavior.