Bothered that Kate is not sharing about her life with him, Drew gets a transfer as security guard near her job at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Elvis exhibit. When his girlfriend, played by Wanda Sykes, finds out, she's not happy.
An old Yuletide grudge bubbles back to the surface for young dad Sean Finnerty (Donal Logue). Heaven knows, Sean's impossible father, Walt (Richard Riehle), is never easy deal with, even when he is playing sidewalk Santa - especially after he promises Sean's youngest, Henry (Jake Burbage), that St. Nick will bring the boy a prohibitively expensive toy on Christmas Eve.The argument between the two men reaches its colorful climax when Sean -- in biblical garb as St. Joseph for a living Nativity scene — completely loses his cool and hurls a tomato at Santa Dad in full view of a horrified crowd. Mayhem involving a crew of infuriated elves quickly ensues.
A stand up comedian suddenly becomes a father when he takes custody of his sister's three children.
A young girl, fresh out of high school, follows her high school crush to college to be near him.
Sipowicz moonlights as a guard for an eccentric woman who drinks and who sings show tunes. When new Detective Rita Ortiz joins the squad, Sipowicz thinks she's unqualified. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Jones investigate the theft of purebred puppies from a pet store, and Sipowicz and Clark investigate the case of a murdered man accused of child molestation.
Nick's first CLS case is now up for the lawsuit against the drug company, which Burton negotiates, as well as where Hunter will live. Alvin's ex-wife appears, asking for his help as she wants to bring a wrongful termination suit against her former employer, which she claims is retaliation for whistle-blowing. And, we learn for the first time, that Nick has been involved in an illicit affair with a married woman.
Max befriends a 7-year-old autistic boy thinking his son is trying to communicate through him. Liz and Maria help Isabel in her holiday charity work.
Eric thinks that Christmas just isn't as fun as it used to be when he was a kid, so Kitty suggests that he direct the church Christmas pageant. He has some artistic differences with the gang over how things should go. Kelso is upset that everyone is making fun of him for wanting to watch Christmas specials on television and Red is upset over Bob's Christmas decorations.
When Max continues to pressure Terry to reveal his identity to Dana, Terry explains that he doesn't just keep his identity secret to protect himself -- it's also for the protection of everyone else. To illustrate, he tells her about an adventure from early in his career as Batman. While foiling a Cobra bank robbery, he tried to rescue a young boy named Miguel from a burning building. However, his costume frightened the boy so much he had to take off his mask to reassure him that he wasn't a monster. Meanwhile, at Cobra's Gotham headquarters, Cobra's ringleader was using a mental imaging device to root out the operative who gave away their bank job plans. When a news report surfaced that Miguel had seen the face of Batman, the Cobra commander became very interested -- and Terry discovered the consequences of his seemingly trivial act.
Jack meets up with Teri at the hospital where they wait to talk to Janet about Kim. However, Janet is killed by Alan who is really working for Ira Gaines. Palmer confronts his family about the cover up. The body of the real Alan York is found near CTU by Nina Meyers.
While last minute Christmas shopping the gang gets locked in the department store on Christmas Eve.
Maya gets an expensive watch for Christmas from the wrong man, leading to a cover-up that further strains the relationship between Joan and Darnell.
When Marie receives a letter from a relative detailing how wonderful her life is and how well her kids are doing, it drives Marie insane with jealousy. She enlists Debra's help in writing a Barone family update, but despite efforts to make everyone sound successful, the letter makes them all feel inadequate about what they have done or not done.
Its Christmas time and Doug's parents are coming over. The only problem is that Doug and Carrie are trying to conceive because of Carrie's fertile time. After trying to not tell his parents, Doug finally tells them of the situation and leaves the house for one night. That night, Doug can't perform because he is under pressure by his parents and Arthur.
Stunts included: Intro With The Knoxville Family, Krazy Glue Test, Bran and Hannah Bucket Cars, Office Chairs, Extreme Unicycle, Poo Switcheroo, Knoxville's Senior Photo, Tandem Biking, Cop Kitty, Bottle Skating, Cow Suit, and more.
Ashley feels smothered by Jimmy and Emma gets her first period.
Hank and Cotton clash during the Christmas season while working for Habitat for Humanity.
The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
It's another Wilkerson family Christmas- Reese, Dewey and Malcolm misbehave a time too many, so Lois moves the tree and all the presents to the garage, which she called, "holding Christmas hostage". While Francis, much to his chagrin, goes to Canada to visit Grandma Ida, whose Christmas spirit was running on empty. Much like her gin bottles.