After his near-death experience, Lucas decides he made the wrong choice between Brooke and Peyton so he breaks things off with Brooke and secretly rekindles his romance with Peyton. However, the truth becomes obvious after he is rushed to the emergency room again and the girls come face to face in the hospital. Meanwhile, unable to pay his mortgage after paying Lucas' hospital bill, Keith puts his garage up for sale.
After being told that she's fickle when it comes to relationships, Bridget is afraid that she may end up hurting Jeremy's feelings when her ex-bad boy boyfriend, Damian, returns to town. Meanwhile, Kerry is outraged and plans revenge when provocative dancing has been banned from the high school formal, which is being chaperoned by Cate and Jim C.J. partners with Rory to broadcast school scandals over the internet, and Jim falls for Ms. McKenna, a member of the high school's PTA committee.
Gibbs risks his career when his former commanding officer is accused of stealing the funds.
Michael Kyle longs for a traditional life, but his day-trader wife Janet, gangsta rap-worshipping son Michael Jr., and brooding daughters Claire and Kady make his dream just that ... a dream.
Frasier's libido fights a losing battle with his conscience when his (married) ex-wife, children's entertainer Nanny G, comes to town and invites him backstage for a rendezvous.
When a schoolgirl's body is found in the trunk of a car, Stabler and Benson find themselves investigating allegations of bullying among her classmates.
When Ephram gets a fake I.D. so that he can get into a bar to see Madison's band, he ends up in a bar fight and Andy has to bail him out of jail. Meanwhile, Nina leans on Andy for emotional support after she is served with divorce papers, but the genuine affection between the two raises a red flag for Linda. Finally, Tommy takes Amy to a party where she finds closure over the loss of Colin, but the evening takes a life-threatening turn.
A masked man breaks in and trashes a house before shooting the father. The son is later found by the CSI team in a freezer.
A sportscaster must take on the responsibility of being a full-time dad when his teenage daughter moves in with him.
Mona and Dee Dee are half-sisters with the same father who didn't really know each other when they were little and are complete opposites, but as adults they live in the same apartment building and at least try to bond.
Lynn starts a new documentary. The girlfriends like the perks from Maya's rich, famous boyfriend.
The Collectors have been using a drug to modify people's behavior, discovering their fears in efforts to control or break them. This is their solution for dealing with Dylan. Led by a message from Rev Bem, claiming to have a weapon that can defeat the oncoming darkness, Dylan lands on a drug-trafficking planet and is soon taken captive by the Collectors.
The lives and relationships of a group of siblings and their estranged father Frank Gallagher on a rough Manchester estate.
A fugitive geneticist and four of his creations search for others of their kind while attempting to stay a step ahead of a morally ambiguous government agent.
Terri wants to give Rick another chance but when she has to choose between her friendship with Paige and her love for Rick, the result is tragic. Sean gets annoyed when Marco keeps tagging along on his dates with Ellie.
Alan offends Charlie by choosing harebrained cousins as Jake's guardians in the event of his death.
After Robert takes a second job selling home security systems, he reveals he's been asked to join the security firm full-time and is mulling over retiring from the police force early. While Marie is overjoyed, Amy questions if this is really what Robert wants or if he's only retiring early to make his mother happy. The disagreement about his future leads to a tense birthday party for Robert.