Jack is captured by Victor Drazen and Andre when they escape the detention center. Palmer learns he is dominating the California polls. Drazen's men capture Kim after she is released from jail.
When Mackey and Vendrell hook up with a cop from another precinct to investigate the shooting, Vendrell sets off an explosive confrontation with a suspect by making a racial slur. And Mackey seldom a paragon of restraint defuses the situation. But before this tense hour is over, Mackey's complex relationship with Vendrell becomes even more complicated. Meanwhile, Dutch and Wyms search for a serial killer and bring in a psychic on a complaint from the son of one of her clients, and David calls internal affairs after getting Julien's affidavit.
Rory asks Richard for help in creating and marketing a first-aid kit for Chilton's annual Business Fair, which leads him to realize that he is unhappy in retirement and wants to start a second career fresh from having underbid on Rory's lunch basket and the loss of the bracelet he made for her, Dean goes overboard in trying to be close to Rory, afraid that she is losing interest in him, and finally becomes resigned to her affection for Jess at first, Michel is ecstatic when his flamboyant mother Giselle visits, but after Lorelai causes problems for him when she reveals to Giselle that Michel has been holding back from his mother, Michel quickly is driven crazy by his mother's incessant questioning.
Tyler gains the power to destroy organic matter with a touch, and resolves to put the dying out of their misery...and Whitney's father is his next target. Meanwhile Lionel and Lex spar over Lionel's rising success in Smallville.
Max and Michael vie for the title of king. After Jesse consults a therapist to work out his feelings, the FBI tries to recruit him to spy on the aliens.
Kitty plans a surprise birthday party for Hyde's th birthday. She recruits Jackie and Fez as decorators because of their feminine creativity much to Donna's annoyance. Eric, Donna, and Kelso decide to steal a street sign for Hyde's present. But Hyde doesn't want to celebrate because he thinks this means he'll have to move out of the Formans' house.
Zad learns the identity of the swordmaker who forged the Sword of Eldar, and orders him to make a Sword of Balcifer.
Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
History Professor Sydney Fox and her linguistic assistant Nigel recover ancient artifacts from around the world, while battling rival hunters.
When an alien species comes to Earth bearing gifts for humanity, a few suspicious humans seek to discover and resist the newcomers' true designs.
John extended an offer of employment to Liza and she is happy to join the firm with a hire of her own, Wilson. Wilson recruits Nelle to join him in playing cold and dirty lawyer tricks with a sexual harassment case. Liza and John are defending a polygamist who isn't satisfied with only one husband.
When a demon Gunn once sold his soul to comes to collect on the debt, Angel, Fred and Cordelia help to save him.
Several Leaguers are flung into another dimension populated with Green Lantern's childhood comic book heroes, the Justice Guild.
While searching for a sorority to join, Luanne inadvertently joins a brainwashing cult, while Hank can't bring himself to kill an emu.
In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.
In order to catch Khasinau and get closer to finding her mother, Sydney and Vaughn set up an undercover transaction for a Rambaldi artifact with Khasinau's representative, Mr. Sark. But Sydney's cover may be compromised when a SD- agent is sent in to thwart the sale. Meanwhile, Will is enticed to continue his investigation of SD- when he learns the identity of one of his kidnappers. Emily tells Sydney that she knows about SD-, which forces Sloane to make the most difficult decision of his life.
The agents ask the Lone Gunmen to help find their friendly foe Yves Adele Harlow after former Area Man-In-Black Morris Fletcher claims she is one of the super-soldiers.