The Graduate

After reading The Bridges of Madison County, Marge decides that she and Homer need to teach the kids about romance. Each of the Simpsons (using clips from previous episodes) reminisce about past romantic encounters, leaving them all depressed and believing that love does not work. However, Homer saves the day by pointing out that one relationship has succeeded, his and Marge's.

Michael says goodbye to the family business and starts his own. And the life of the family is turned upside down when their mailman Pete dies.

Don Draper fires Jaguar during a tense dinner with Herb Rennet, Rennet's wife Peaches, Draper's wife Megan, and Megan's visiting mother, Marie Calvet. This jeopardizes the planned IPO (which Don was unaware of), and Joan, upset to learn that her sexual tryst with Rennet, which helped to secure the Jaguar account, has now been negated, angrily makes her feelings known. Roger has managed to get SCDP into a previously closed meeting with GM for the new Chevy. SCDP loses the Vicks Chemical Company account after Pete Campbell runs into his father-in-law at a brothel. Don drinks at a hotel bar in Detroit with Ted Chaough, from Cutler Gleason and Chaough, and proposes their two firms merge in order to win the Chevy account. After their success, Don and Ted declare a visibly distraught Peggy the copy chief of the new firm and task her with writing the press release announcing the merger of the two companies.

Patrick refuses to lend a helping hand to his extended family, sending the Gallagher home up for public auction. Fiona works to secure the needed funds, through slightly unscrupulous means. Kev's situation with his neighbor goes from bad to worse. The Alibi experiences financial woes, so V goes in search, with Svetlana, to find where their hipster patrons went. Ian makes a gay discovery at the local firehouse responsible for his rescue. Frank secures a future refuge and source of welfare for Debbie, her baby, and him, through quite unscrupulous means. Lip spends a perplexing weekend, away at a convention, with Helene. After mustering what they believe to be enough money, the Gallagher house is sold to the highest bidder; AKA not a Gallagher.

Cathy helps Lee check a few items off his "bucket list;" Poppy takes Adam to her high school reunion; a distraught Sean takes issue with his new neighbors. When she realizes that Lee is losing hope in regard to the trial she tries to convince him to fight for his life, to no avail. Reaching a low point after getting new neighbors with a new baby girl, Sean runs off. Adam and Poppy's friendship deepens.

In the episode, Lisa's teacher Miss Hoover gets Lyme disease, so substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom takes over the class. Lisa finds Mr. Bergstrom's teaching methods inspiring and discovers an entirely new love for learning. When Miss Hoover returns to class, Lisa is devastated to lose her most positive adult role model. Eventually, she realizes that while Mr. Bergstrom was one of a kind, she can find role models in other people, including her father Homer. Meanwhile, Bart runs for class president against Martin.

In the episode, Homer consumes a poisonous fugu fish at a sushi restaurant, and is told that he has only twenty-four hours left to live. He accepts his fate and makes a list of all the things he wants to do before he dies.

Gloria and Jay try to make Manny's 14th birthday extra special by planning a surprise party; Haley starts hanging out with a much older guy and Gloria gives birth.

Christine and Patrick are going strong. She's convinced she's found the perfect man until he loses to her in a friendly game of tennis. While Christine knows she might not be the best winner, she is shocked by the way Patrick behaves when he loses. In order to prove to her friends that it's not the result of her rubbing her winning in Patrick's face, she plans a game night and arranges for Patrick to lose. Matthew freaks out when people start telling him his girlfriend, Lucy, is exactly like Christine

The mold problem at the Heffernan's house is much worse than anyone expected. When they find out that the removal of the mold is going to cost them $12,000, Doug has to ask his parents for a loan to help pay for it. Doug's father wants to know why Doug and Carrie don't have any savings, and when they go through financial papers, it's discovered that Carrie spends way too much money on her wardrobe. Doug tries to tell Carrie that she needs to curb her spending habits, which does not go over well with her.

Bill Maher in a 1979 Volkswagen Beetle

Don continues his journey West and has a nightmare where he's pulled over by police, who say they've been looking for him. He stops for several days in Alva, Oklahoma when his car breaks down. Don is mildly hustled by a young man who gets an extra $10 for finding him some alcohol, and later Don reluctantly attends a veterans' fundraiser to repair one of their homes. Don becomes nervous when introduced to fellow Korean War veteran, Jerry, but is relieved when Jerry says his tour took place after Don had gone home. Don recalls for them how he killed his C.O. after dropping his lighter, causing a fatal explosion. Another vet shares his horror story of World War II. The vets later find the $500 they raised was stolen. They beat up Don, thinking he stole it, and demand it back (taking his car as collateral). Don demands the cash back from the young hustler who set him up, and gives the boy advice about the difficulty of having to be someone you are not. Don returns the cash for his car, and grants the young man's request for a ride to the bus stop. Don then surprises him by giving him his car, yet another material possession, after Don waits for the bus. Betty feels sick while at college and suffers a broken rib when she collapses; X-rays reveal she has advanced lung cancer and may live up to a year, but only if she accepts debilitating treatments. Henry wants her to do that and asks Sally to try to convince her, but Betty stands firm: she gives Sally instructions for dressing and grooming her corpse, and heads back to class. At McCann, Pete gets an unwelcome visit from Duck Phillips that turns into a genuine opportunity for both a career with Learjet and a fresh start with Trudy and Tammy, if they will move with him to Wichita. Trudy agrees.

On her first day back at Columbia University, Blair attempts to gain membership into an ultra-exclusive social club, the Hamilton House, so she can claw her way to the top of the club's social ladder to regain her popularity... but she's in for a few big surprises. Meanwhile, Serena begins to correctly suspect that Juliet is intentionally sabotaging her life and that it may have something to do with Nate. Also, Rufus is worried about Dan over the Georgina issue and he decides to take matters into his own hands.

On January 8, Tom Hansen meets Summer Finn, the new assistant to his boss. Tom trained as an architect but works as a writer at a greeting card company, living in Los Angeles. Following a karaoke night, Tom's co-worker, McKenzie, lets slip that Tom is attracted to Summer. Over the next few months Summer and Tom grow closer, despite Summer making it clear to Tom that she does not believe in true love, and does not want a boyfriend.

Sarah Huttinger is a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now married with kids.

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