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Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson. The novel follows the exploits of two groups of people in two different time periods, presented in alternating chapters. The first group is World War II-era Allied codebreakers and tactical-deception operatives affiliated with the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, and disillusioned Axis military and intelligence figures whom they encounter. The second narrative is set in the late 1990s with descendants of the first narrative's characters employing cryptologic, telecom and computer technology to build an underground data haven in the fictional Sultanate of Kinakuta. Their goal is to facilitate anonymous Internet banking using electronic money and (later) digital gold currency, with a longer range objective to distribute Holocaust Education and Avoidance Pod (HEAP) media for instructing genocide-target populations on defensive warfare.

Naked, published in 1997, is a collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris. The book details Sedaris' life, from his unusual upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, to his booze-and-drug-ridden college years, to his Kerouacian wandering as a young adult. The book became a best-seller and was acclaimed for its wit, dark humor and irreverent tackling of tragic events, including the death of Sedaris' mother.

Set in the near future, the plot revolves around the contestants of a horrific walking contest, held annually by a somewhat despotic and totalitarian version of the United States of America. Note: This book was originally published under Stephen King's alter ego, "Richard Bachman".

Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians. The novel explores his interaction with-and eventual transformation of-terrestrial culture. The title seems an allusion to the phrase in Exodus 2:22 (in the Biblical Book of Exodus).[1] According to Heinlein, the novel's working title was The Heretic. Several later editions of the book have promoted it as "The most famous Science Fiction Novel ever written".

Rand takes Gao to the dojo, where Temple offers using truth serum to force her to talk. Rand steals the serum from Rand Enterprises. Temple injects it, with Gao stating some stories about Rand's parents before they turn out to be lies and Gao being resistant to torture. Wing is revealed to have been poisoned in Anzhou. She contacts her mentor Bakuto. Gao's military operatives attack the dojo, but are defeated. Bakuto arrives and instructs Rand to use the Iron Fist to heal Wing. Rand's energy is depleted and he falls unconscious. Bakuto, Wing and his men take Rand and Gao, leaving Temple at the dojo. An unknown assassin arrives at the dojo. Meanwhile, Harold recovers from his wounds and gains relatively normal mental function after hours, returning to the penthouse, where he confronts Ward and feigns absolution. Ward learns from Yang that those revived by the Hand become more psychopathic after each revival, and attack those closest to them first. Harold kills his assistant Kyle and places heroin in Ward's car, leading to his arrest and transfer to the psychiatric hospital, where he is assigned to Edmonds. Joy arrives at the penthouse and reunites with Harold.

Spector speaks with a psychiatrist and his lawyers, maintaining he has no memory of any of his alleged crimes. Kiera, Spector's nurse, becomes close to Spector. Evidence from the lock-up shows the murder of a young brunette woman in London, a decade ago, for which David Alvarez (Martin McCann), a friend of Spector's, is serving a sentence. The DPP wants to pursue charges against Sally Ann for aiding Spector. Gibson interviews Rose about the events surrounding her abduction. Desperate, Sally Ann feeds her children warm milk laced with sleeping drugs and with the children sleeping in the car, drives down to the beach.

Marty is angered at a client's secret as the firm takes on a hair company; Clyde is worried Jeannie will come between him and a new client, mayoral candidate Seth Buckley.

Strand arranges for payment to the Mexican military for safe passage, but a gunfight ensues leaving two officers and Luis, Strand's contact, dead. While walking to the compound, the group is attacked by the dead and Madison is knocked to the ground while Chris stands by watching, which Alicia sees, before killing Madison's attacker. The group arrives at the compound, and are greeted by Luis's mother Celia who tells them they can stay but must leave their weapons outside. Strand finds that Thomas has been bitten and is dying. Alicia tells Chris what she saw regarding Madison's attack. Nick and Celia form a bond and she talks to him about her view of the dead and says it is just a new beginning, not the end. Madison, now aware of what Chris did, tells Travis she thinks he isn't well. They argue about her inability to want to help Chris, when Travis was always willing to help Nick. Daniel discovers that Celia is keeping the compound's dead family members in the cellar. Madison decides to sleep with Alicia that night to provide comfort and they are woken by a gunshot to find Chris standing over them, holding a knife and they chase him from the room. Strand shoots Thomas in the head.

Homer was trying to make Maggie sleep, but after a few failed attempts, she hinted him that she wants to hear a bed time story, so he started telling the story of the Grand Canyon vacation with the Flanders. The story took place two years ago in 2014 (Not Season 25 timeline), with people from the church volunteering to clean skid row on a saturday. At the end of the cleanup, Ned Flanders won a family trip to the Grand Canyon for being the most selfless cleaner. After reading the pamphlet, Ned realized that it was a two family trip. They invited the Lovejoy family, but they convinced Ned to take The Simpsons with them.

The group docks on a nearby island to escape pursuit of the unknown ship. Daniel and Ofelia stay behind on the boat to keep an eye on Strand, while Travis and the others investigate a house on the shore, which is inhabited by a family. Inside the house, George informs the group that every major city on the West Coast, including San Diego, has been burned down by the military. The next morning, Travis and his family help George with daily tasks, such as eliminating walkers that wash up on shore and building fences to keep them out. George's wife Melissa privately requests that Madison take her children with them when they leave the island. Meanwhile, Daniel breaks into Strand's quarters and finds a submachine gun and a map leading to Strand's true destination: Mexico. Nick warns Travis and Madison that he suspects George is planning to poison his entire family as part of a suicide pact. Travis and Madison try to take George's two younger children, but one of them prematurely ingests some of the poison and turns, killing their mother. The group tries to flee with the remaining child, but George's older son stops them, and they are forced to leave the remains of George's family behind on the island.

Thanks to dog years, Brian is the only one old enough to drink when Mayor West raises the drinking age to 50, so Peter makes Brian buy his beer.

Whilst remaining a suspect in the Lynn Dewhurst investigation, Catherine focuses on the human trafficking case. After a successful raid she ensures all the women are taken to safe houses including Ilinka, who, despite initially fleeing in fear, is given refuge with Catherine's neighbour Winnie. With vital information on those behind the trafficking, Ilinka reluctantly speaks to the police. However, was Ilinka followed? And has Catherine inadvertently put Winnie in danger? Whilst Vicky continues to threaten John, he struggles to grasp hold of the murder case. Feeling pressured both at work and at home, he takes drastic measures in an attempt to save his marriage and reputation. With Tommy granted special leave to attend his mother's funeral, Catherine's inexplicable compulsion to attend brings her face to face with him once more. Meanwhile Clare, feeling vulnerable at Helen's funeral, turns to an old friend for comfort.

Kathleen Madigan and Chuck Martin in a 1972 BMW 2002

Frank searches for answers from every religion he can think of, as to why his beloved was taken from him. Sean and Fiona are engaged in their philanderous relationship amidst changing tides at Pasty's. Mickey is now in prison, for Sammi's attempted murder, where he does Russian mafia hits for cash from Svetlana. Carl is released from jail, and his family is treated to his new street refined persona. Lip continues his complicated relationship with teacher, while finding new academic and career aim. Debbie lies about losing her baby to Fiona, only for it to come back and bite her after her boyfriend, Derek, takes off.

Elliot has a new plan to destroy E Corp's tape back-ups of their data at Steel Mountain involving hacking into their climate control system by connecting a Raspberry Pi to slowly raise the temperature (bypassing the climate control system) to a point where it will destroy the magnetic tape back-ups, but this requires physical access to the heavily fortified data center. Elliot, Romero, Mobley, and Mr. Robot go to Steel Mountain. With his morphine supply cut off, Elliot starts to suffer from serious withdrawal symptoms including multiple hallucinations. Darlene and Trenton stay behind to contact Cisco (Darlene's ex-boyfriend) and arrange a simultaneous hacker attack by the Dark Army on E Corp's backup sites in China. Meanwhile, Angela and Shayla do ecstasy which results in the two kissing. The next morning, Angela sabotages Allsafe using Ollie's work ID and computer.

Too many inmates seem to be getting religion, so a rabbi comes to visit and Leanne tries to organize Norma's followers.

Norma's healing powers draw more believers. Piper creates a new business venture. Caputo breaks in the new hires.

Jon leaves for Hardhome with Tormund and some rangers. Maester Aemon dies shortly after. Gilly is attacked by two brothers, but Sam comes to her rescue. Sansa asks Reek to help her escape Winterfell, but Reek instead informs Ramsay, who flays the woman who had offered to help Sansa. At Stannis' army's camp, Melisandre suggests sacrificing Shireen; Stannis is disgusted and refuses. Jorah and Tyrion are sold as slaves to Yezzan zo Qaggaz. The two are brought to a local fighting pit that Daenerys and her consort happen to be visiting in preparation for the coming games at Daznak's pit. Jorah defeats the other slaves and reveals his identity to Daenerys, and that he brought Tyrion as a gift for her. In Dorne, Myrcella asks Jaime why he came to rescue her when she wants to marry Trystane. Olenna's demand for Loras and Margaery's release is declined by the High Sparrow. Later, the High Sparrow reveals to Cersei his knowledge of her and Lancel's adulterous relationship and has her imprisoned.

Jaqen takes Arya to a chamber with the faces of all the people that have died in the House of Black and White. Jaime and Bronn reach the Water Gardens, where they find Myrcella and are attacked by the Sand Snakes. The fight is broken up by Dornish guards. Jorah and Tyrion run into slavers, whom Tyrion manages to convince to take them to the fighting pits of Meereen. Petyr informs Cersei of Roose's plan to marry Sansa to Ramsay, and convinces her to allow him to lead the knights of the Vale to Winterfell to destroy both the Boltons and Stannis, asking that he be named Warden of the North in return. Olenna arrives in King's Landing and warns Cersei that the imprisonment of Loras has put their alliance in peril. At Loras' hearing, Loras and Margaery both deny Loras' homosexuality. Olyvar contradicts their testimony, and Margaery is arrested for lying to the gods. In Winterfell, Sansa is married to Ramsay, who rapes her in front of Reek.

Homer finds an old film strip, which prompts the story of Bart and Lisa's sibling rivalry to be told.

Bart lies about being involved in a bulldozer crash, so Marge decides to follow him everywhere until he confesses. Meanwhile, Homer ignores Santa's Little Helper when Flanders gets a new dog.

Brian becomes more submissive after attending obedience school, while Chris realizes that his new friend is using him to get close to Meg.

The Mole Women become trapped in the bunker when Kimmy's stepdad fails to properly guard the hatch door and begin to argue. Jacqueline and Lillian attempt to travel to Indiana to support Kimmy, but struggle to make it out of New York as neither of them drive. Eventually, Jacqueline uses knowledge from her Native American heritage to navigate them to Indiana. Meanwhile, the Mole Women make up and work together to escape the bunker themselves. The Mole Women head back to the trial and use a tape of the Reverend found in his bunker to win the case. Jacqueline decides to return to her home in South Dakota. Dong gets married to Sonya from GED class to avoid being deported. Titus's estranged wife finds him after seeing his YouTube video.

Carol tries to get Phil to respect the rules of civilization again, to prepare him to repopulate the Earth.

The Russian President's State visit becomes a cold war of wills, and some punks heat things up.

During a flashback, Jimmy, who faces multiple charges and the prospect of being branded a sex offender, is visited by Chuck in jail. Chuck promises Jimmy that he would extend his legal help, in exchange for a solid promise to quit "everything [Jimmy is] involved with". In 2002, Jimmy is still working on the Kettleman case and warns them they are at risk of getting robbed. As Jimmy returns to the Kettleman house, he's informed they have been kidnapped. Nacho, whom a neighbor spotted casing the Kettleman house, is arrested; he accuses Jimmy of tipping off the Kettlemans, and threatens to kill Jimmy unless he proves Nacho's innocence. Jimmy comes up with a theory that the Kettlemans have kidnapped themselves and strives to prove it. The police do not believe Jimmy's theory, but Mike does. Later, following Mike's advice, Jimmy locates the Kettlemans in a tent near their home, along with the embezzled $1.6 million.

Homer goes to a hypnotist and ends up believing he is ten years old. However, when the hypnotist is arrested, Homer becomes stuck in his new age, so he bonds with Bart and refuses entry back into the responsibilities of adulthood. Guest star: Stacy Keach

Marge kicks Homer out of the house after Moe convinces him to stay out all night on Christmas Eve at his bar. Depressed, Homer takes a lonely walk through Springfield instead of being with his family.

Bart schemes to bring down his new 4th grade teacher, Mr. Lassen, who is a terrible bully. Meanwhile, The Simpsons go to Burning Man. Guest star: Willem Dafoe as Mr. Lassen

Tommy plans to execute the mission give to him by Campbell - the assassination of a high-ranking member of the military establisment.

With his holdings in Atlantic City lost, Nucky decides to go for a swim in the ocean. Meanwhile, in New York, due to Nucky's manipulation of Mayflower stock, Kennedy's business associates are nervous that repeal will not happen, and begin unloading their shares. Kennedy suspects Nucky's involvement, but Margaret convinces him to short sell his own shares. Margaret meets Nucky to inform him of her success, and it appears that they will rekindle their relationship but are interrupted. Nucky later returns to Atlantic City, intending to leave the city forever. He goes and meets Eli, gives him some money, and encourages him to return to his family. He then meets Gillian in the sanitarium, telling her the most he can do is set up a trust fund for her when she is released. However, it's revealed that Gillian has already been forcibly sterilized. Back in New York, Luciano and Lansky gather crime bosses from New York and all around the country and form the Commission, a singular body will mediate relations between all crime organizations in the country. Luciano also tasks Bugsy with killing Narcisse, and he is publicly assassinated in front of his church. In Chicago, Capone is served a court summons when the authorities manage to obtain his ledgers. While he publicly boasts that the charges of tax evasion won't stick, Capone says goodbye to his son before heading to court, where D'Angelo is waiting for him. Back in the past, Deputy Nucky finds out Mabel has miscarried, much to his shock. He is then summoned to his family home, where he physically beats his father for hitting his mother again, and warns there will be consequences if harm were to come to his mother again. After returning to Atlantic city, Nucky comes across Gillian again, who is participating in a parade. The Commodore promotes Nucky to Sheriff, and his first task is to deliver Gillian to him. Nucky reluctantly approaches Gillian, telling her that the Commodore is willing to take her in, and promising that he will look out for her. Back in the present, Nucky comes across Joe Harper again. Harper reveals that his real name is Tommy Darmody, Jimmy's son and Gillian's grandson, and shoots Nucky three times before being restrained by the police. As Nucky dies, he sees a vision of a younger version of himself swimming in the ocean and catching a coin.

When Bart disrespects Homer's authority, Homer makes a point to try his hand at parenting. This proves fruitless, so Marge signs them up for the Relation Ship, where they'll resolve their conflicts at sea. Meanwhile, Marge is in charge of Homer's fantasy football league, but manages to win despite being the underdog. Guest star: Nick Offerman

The wildlings arrive in Mole's Town and massacre the entire village. Gilly is discovered by Ygritte, who spares her once she notices the infant she is holding. Sam laments his decision to leave Gilly there, as he believes her dead. Ramsay forces Reek to masquerade as his former self, Theon Greyjoy, and orders him to get the Ironborn to surrender Moat Cailin. The Ironborn surrender in hopes of returning home but are flayed and slaughtered by Ramsay and his army. As a reward for securing the Moat, Roose legitimizes Ramsay as they arrive at Winterfell. Across the Narrow Sea, Missandei and Grey Worm deal with the sexual tension between the two of them. Ser Barristan receives a letter intended for Ser Jorah, which pardons Jorah as a reward for spying on Daenerys. After Barristan confronts Jorah, he gives the letter to Daenerys, who orders Jorah to leave Meereen and never return. In the Vale, Sansa reveals to a council investigating Lysa's death her true identity and convinces the council of Littlefinger's innocence. Outside the gate of the Vale, the Hound and Arya arrive and are informed of Lysa's death. Meanwhile in King's Landing, Jaime and Tyrion have a philosophical conversation as the trial by combat approaches. During the trial, Prince Oberyn gains the upper hand, but allows his hubris to get the better of him while trying to force Gregor Clegane to confess to his sister's rape and murder. The severely wounded Mountain catches him off-guard, kills Oberyn by crushing his skull, and confesses. Tywin sentences Tyrion to death for regicide.

Stan finds a folder of cartoons Lou is drawing, and the creative team jokes about them. After Sally and some classmates "sword-fight with golf clubs," she is sent home from boarding school with a broken nose. Stephanie, Anna Draper's niece, is pregnant and running out of money in L.A. and calls Don for help. Don asks Megan if Stephanie can temporarily stay with her. Megan accepts, until Stephanie claims to know all of Don's secrets, at which point Megan writes her a check for $1,000 and Stephanie leaves. When Betty voices her opinion on the Vietnam War at a dinner party, Henry tells her to limit conversations to "how much you hate getting toast crumbs in the butter." Don visits Megan in L.A. but is disappointed that Stephanie has left. Megan hosts a party for her acting friends that Harry Crane unexpectedly attends. Sensing the awkwardness, Harry and Don go out to a bar where Harry suggests that Don should be working in L.A., because Ted Chaough is "useless" and Lou and Cutler are pursuing Commander cigarettes, a Philip Morris brand. Harry also warns that Don's job is at stake. After the party, Megan invites Don to have a threesome with her and her friend Amy. The new office computer triggers Ginsberg's paranoia, so much so that he cuts off his own nipple, giving it to Peggy in a box before he is hauled away from the office on a stretcher. Back in New York, Don interrupts Lou and Cutler's meeting with Philip Morris executives, who are wary about the agency after Don's anti-smoking letter. Don states he wrote that letter to save his business and is now the only experienced cigarette man with the competition's knowledge. He suggests they "force" him into service. After the meeting, when alone in the street, Cutler glares at Don, accusing him of attempting to save his own position at the firm.

After spotting Tommy Lee Royce but quickly losing track of him, Catherine is determined to find him and comes close to busting the kidnapping plot in the process. Kevin, who is overcome with guilt at seeing Nevison's despair, confesses everything to his shocked wife Jenny, who urges him not to take any money from Ashley. However, Kevin is reluctant to say no to his cut. Catherine becomes distressed when her ex-husband Richard continues with his refusal to accept Ryan.

Roose Bolton returns to the Dreadfort to meet up with his bastard son Ramsay Snow and sees first hand how Theon Greyjoy has been brutalized into a subservient persona, dubbed 'Reek'. His next objective is to find and kill the remaining Stark children - Bran and Rickon, who threaten the legitimacy of his new title as well as reclaiming the territories under Ironborn occupation. Beyond the Wall, the visions of the Three-eyed Raven compel Bran and his companions to travel further northwards, despite growing hunger. At Dragonstone, Melisandre orders several people to be burned as a tribute to the Lord of Light, to the delight of Queen Selyse and the disgust of Davos and Shireen. In King's Landing, Tyrion breaks up with Shae to protect her from his family and arranges for her to be shipped off across the Narrow Sea to Pentos. Jaime begins discretely training his left-handed swordplay with the help of Bronn. Later at the Royal Wedding feast, tensions fly high between Joffrey and Tyrion. The feast is abruptly cut short when Joffrey succumbs to poisoned wine and dies. A grief-stricken Cersei accuses Tyrion of murdering the king and orders his arrest.

Tywin Lannister oversees the reforging of Ice, the Stark ancestral sword, into two new swords. He gives one to his son Jaime, who tries and fails to return to his earlier life before the loss of his sword hand. Prince Oberyn, brother of Prince Doran Martell of Dorne, arrives in King's Landing with his paramour Ellaria Sand to attend the royal wedding in his place and is welcomed by Tyrion Lannister, and later reveals his true plans for his visit: revenge against the Lannisters for the rape and death of his sister, Elia. In the North, while Styr and his group of cannibal Thenns reinforce Tormund Giantsbane and the other wildlings, Jon Snow has returned to Castle Black and is released after confessing what he did during his stay with the wildings. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen leads her army on a march towards Meereen, the last of the three great slave cities, though she is troubled by how her dragons grow less tame as they grow larger. In the Riverlands, Arya, accompanied by Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, reclaims her sword Needle from Polliver, and uses it to kill him the same way he murdered Lommy Greenhands, as retribution for her friend.

The gang goes crazy remembering encounters with Gary Blauman after he shows up to the wedding.

To prepare for a visit from her probation officer, Fiona must remove all paraphernalia from the house which includes Carl's hidden weapons such as a Taser and nunchakus as well as Debbie's "Countdown to Virginity" poster. Ian is kicked out of Mickey's house by Mickey's wife who feels threatened by Ian's presence while Carl gets suspended from school for bullying the students who made fun of Liam's incident. Ian returns to the Gallagher house to Fiona's surprise. While trying to pry out where he's been the entire time, Ian reveals little of his time in the Army and continually has "ideas" for future endeavors. Mickey gets torn between his relationships with Ian and his Russian wife until he succumbs to Ian's demands. Debbie spurns Fiona as a sister and finds solace with Samantha who guides her through her first period along with "the birds and the bees." Kev, feeling he further needs to protect his upcoming family and the Alibi Room, decides to purchase more guns, but gets a page saying Carol is in labor. After the baby is born, Carol reconsiders and wants to keep the baby. To Kev's disappointment, he agrees and creates a new motto for him to follow after realizing how dangerous life is with a family on the way. Lip finds that caring for Liam has its own benefits. In an effort to raise money for Frank's surgery, Samantha decides to scam money by selling Sheila's house for cash with the aid of Carl. In return, Frank decides to go to Carl's school to apologize for his son's recent violent actions, which have an unexpected result. Robbie comes by the house to apologize for what's happened, but Fiona slams the door in his face. Lip comes home to a drunken Fiona who nearly burns the house down, forcing him to take Carl and Liam with him so she can figure things out.

The Underwoods are scheduled for their first major interview since Frank has become Vice President. The Capitol is quarantined and evacuated after a suspect package with white powder is sent. Frank gets locked in with Donald Blythe (Reed Birney). Claire preps with her publicist Connor Ellis (Samuel Page) and decides to do the interview solo. During a live mostly scripted interview with Ashleigh Banfield (cameo), which reveals much of Claire's background, Claire reveals that she had an abortion and that she was sexually assaulted by General McGinnis. She's then supported by a woman who was assaulted by him as well. Jackie and Remy Danton (Mahershala Ali) lobby for votes to avoid the government shutdown. Meanwhile, as Lucas delves into Deep Web research, and his contact Gavin is revealed to be an FBI informant. Frank and Claire once again enjoy a smoke at their window, and Frank sings the murder ballad "Pretty Polly" for her.

Louis C.K. in a 1959 Fiat 600 Jolly

When the Springfield Nuclear Plant springs a leak, snow comes to the town for the first time in years and out-of-towners come to spend their holidays, causing stores to raise their prices. To combat this (and earn extra money for the holidays), Marge turns her house into a boarding house for travelers.

The Belchers go looking for a last-minute Christmas tree and find themselves being followed by a giant candy cane-shaped truck.

Saul (Mandy Patinkin) and Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham) watch over the agonizing ordeal of Brody (Damian Lewis) going through heroin withdrawal. Saul has six days until Lockhart assumes control of the CIA and wants Brody to fulfill his role before then. When it looks like Brody's heroin withdrawals will take too long, Dar Adal endorses the use of ibogaine, a drug which speeds up the withdrawal process but also induces severe, violent hallucinations; Adal implies that he's used the drug for that purpose. During a bad series of hallucinations, Brody smashes a wooden chair in his room and uses a broken piece to repeatedly stab himself in the arm, as if with a needle, before Saul physically restrains him. When Brody has been weaned off the heroin, Saul offers him a chance at redemption with a mission where he can "be a Marine again". Brody declines, saying he'd rather just die. Saul goes to Carrie (Claire Danes) and outlines his plans: Brody will seek political asylum in Iran where he will likely be hailed as a hero, with the goal of assassinating the leader of the Revolutionary Guard, which would then lead to Majid Javadi inheriting that position. Carrie, in an attempt to motivate Brody, takes him to the motel where Dana (Morgan Saylor) is now working as a maid. They sit in the car and wait until Dana comes outside, at which point Brody desperately tries to get out of the car and see her but is subdued by the soldiers flanking him. Virgil (David Marciano) and Max (Maury Sterling) find the recording device in Saul's house and are able to trace it back to Alain Bernard (William Abadie). Trailing him, they then take photographs of Bernard meeting with Senator Lockhart (Tracy Letts). Saul uses this information to buy more time for Brody. Lockhart agrees to postpone his appointment as new director in exchange for Saul not exposing Lockhart as having conspired against him. Back at the base, Brody pleads with Carrie to be allowed to tell Dana that he is innocent. Carrie retorts that even if he is innocent of the Langley bombing, there are many other things he's done he has to atone for. Carrie appeals to Brody's love of his family and eventually gets him to agree to the mission. Over a period of sixteen days, Brody is worked back into peak physical condition with the assistance of a team of special ops soldiers. Carrie secretly takes Brody to visit Dana shortly before his scheduled departure. Brody tries to connect with Dana, apologizing for all that he's done to her and insisting that he wasn't responsible for the bombing, but Dana is upset and very standoffish. Brody leaves disheartened when Dana asks him what he wants her to say so that she'll never have to see him again. Brody is taken back to the base where he departs for Iran.

Quagmire dates a woman named Sonja, who is just as sexually active as he is, but things take a turn for the worse when she kidnaps him to be her sex slave, so Peter, Joe and Ida must search the seedy back alleys of Quahog to rescue him. In the meantime, Brian, Stewie and Rupert get involved in a most unusual love triangle.

Thomas deals with an IRA chief bent on avenging his cousin's death. Grace must decide whether her loyalties lie with Campbell or Thomas.

"Treehouse of Horror XXIV" kicks off with "Oh, the Places You'll D'oh," a Dr. Seuss parody in which Homer cuts a path of destruction as "The Fat in the Hat." Next, a decapitated Bart is forced to live on Lisa's body in "Dead and Shoulders." Finally, in "Freaks No Geeks," Marge and Homer are circus performers in love -- and Moe is the sideshow freak who wants Marge.

After a vestigial twin grows out of Peter's neck, which he names Chip, he eventually starts realizing that people like Chip more than they like him, so Peter has him amputated. However, after Peter gets into trouble, he realizes he needs Chip more than ever.

Red's scheme to reclaim her kitchen backfires; the inmates stage a Christmas pageant; Piper's plans unravel even as she realizes her life is in jeopardy .

Gibson begins to investigate the attack on Annie Brawley (Karen Hassan) - a botched killing that brings her one step to the Strangler, both emotionally and physically. As the investigation begins to focus on a single individual, Gibson makes contact with Musicman, revealing to him details of his own past. Meanwhile, Spector is seen on TV, forcing him to give a statement to the police, whilst a pregnant Sally-Ann provides him with a false alibi. After a confrontation with the Investigating Officers, Spector leaves Belfast for Scotland.

Sam and Gilly arrive at the Wall. During a thunderstorm, Bran enters Hodor's mind to calm him down. Nearby, Jon refuses to kill an innocent man, so Tormund orders him killed. Bran uses his warg ability to save Jon, and Jon kills Orell then escapes, leaving a furious Ygritte behind. Osha, Rickon and his direwolf depart for the Last Hearth, while Bran and his remaining company plan to head beyond the Wall. Daenerys sends Jorah, Daario and Grey Worm to infiltrate Yunkai and open the city gate for her army. Robb arrives at the Twins and apologizes to Walder Frey, who feigns acceptance. Edmure marries Roslin Frey, but during the wedding feast, Walder Frey's men murder Catelyn, Talisa and most of the Stark bannermen, while Roose Bolton kills Robb. Arya also arrives at the Twins and witnesses a part of the massacre, but the Hound knocks her unconscious and carries her to safety.

Megan's performance as twins on the set of To Have and To Hold gets criticized by the director. Arlene consoles her. Arlene later visits Megan at the apartment, at Megan's invitation, and attempts to kiss her when Megan says she feels lonely. Peggy is fearful after Abe gets stabbed in the hand in their neighborhood. She later gets startled at home and accidentally stabs him in the abdomen. During the ambulance ride to the hospital, Abe breaks up with her. Pete and Duck Phillips have lunch, where Duck questions Pete's role at the new agency and then suggests he work in Wichita. Betty gets lost on the way to Bobby's summer camp, and after seeing Don at a gas station, follows him the rest of the way. The three bond again, and later that night Betty and Don have sex in Betty's room at the lodge. He tells her he misses her, and she expresses sympathy for Megan, "who doesn't know loving you is not the way to keep you". Roger gives Joan a gift for Kevin, saying that he wants to be part of his son's life. Joan counters that Greg, who is absent and perceived as a war hero, is the better father figure and Roger is not dependable.

King's Landing hosts Tyrion and Sansa's wedding. Cersei intimidates Margaery in the Sept of Baelor, and Joffrey walks the bride down the aisle. At the wedding feast Tyrion gets drunk and causes a scene. In their bedroom, Tyrion tells Sansa they will not consummate their marriage until she wants to. The Hound reveals to Arya that they are heading for the Twins to ransom her to her brother. Stannis releases Davos. Melisandre and Gendry arrive at Dragonstone, where she seduces him and extracts blood from him with three leeches. Stannis casts them into the fire naming three usurpers. Daenerys finds out Yunkai employed a mercenary company called the "Second Sons". One of the lieutenants, Daario Naharis, kills the other leaders and pledges his and the company's loyalty to Daenerys. Sam and Gilly are attacked by a White Walker, whom Sam destroys with the help of the dragonglass dagger.

In the North, Jojen tells Bran they must go beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed raven, to Osha's horror. Jon and Ygritte's relationship deepens, much to Orell's displeasure. Theon is castrated by his torturer. Talisa reveals to Robb that she is pregnant. Arya runs away from the Brotherhood, only to be captured by the Hound. Melisandre reveals to Gendry that his father was Robert Baratheon. Margaery comforts Sansa about her upcoming marriage, while Tyrion and Bronn discuss the match. Later, Shae tells Tyrion that she will not continue their relationship once he marries Sansa. Tywin counsels Joffrey and discusses Daenerys, with Tywin dismissing the danger she might pose. Daenerys reaches the city of Yunkai and receives an emissary. Roose Bolton departs Harrenhall for the Twins, while Jaime says farewell to Brienne and departs for King's Landing. On the road, Qyburn reveals why he lost his Maester's chain and informs Jaime that Locke refused Brienne's father's ransom. Jaime returns to Harrenhall to find Brienne in a pit fighting a bear. He leaps in and saves Brienne and departs once more, this time with her.

With the help of Littlefinger, the Lannisters discover the Tyrells' plot to marry off Sansa Stark to Loras Tyrell. To prevent the union, Tywin Lannister plans to marry Sansa to Tyrion, and Cersei to Loras, despite Cersei and Tyrion's protests. Stannis confesses to his wife, Selyse, about his infidelity, only to realize that his wife has always known and approves it. His daughter, Shireen, sneaks into the dungeon to visit Davos and teaches him to read. The Hound defeats Lord Beric in trial by combat and is released. Gendry decides to stay with the Brotherhood, and Thoros and Beric plan to ransom Arya Stark to her brother, Robb Stark. After being delivered to Roose Bolton, Jaime confesses to Brienne why he killed the Mad King. At Riverrun, despite many objections, Robb Stark decides to execute Lord Karstark after he murdered two captive Lannister boys. With the Karstarks abandoning him, Robb plans to make a desperate alliance with Walder Frey. Jon Snow struggles to earn the Wildlings' trust while holding back the important information. Later, he and Ygritte have sex. While on the march, Daenerys Targaryen's Unsullied select Grey Worm as their leader.

Robb and Catelyn attend her father Hoster Tully's funeral in Riverrun. Tywin Lannister sends Littlefinger to marry Lady Arryn in the Vale and makes Tyrion the new Master of Coin. Arya and Gendry leave Hot Pie at the inn and follow the "Brotherhood without Banners". Mance Rayder sends Jon Snow with a band of Wildlings to scale the Wall. The surviving men of the Night's Watch arrive back at Craster's Keep, where Sam witnesses Gilly giving birth to a son. Theon Greyjoy is freed from torture and captivity by an unnamed benefactor. Melisandre leaves Dragonstone. Daenerys agrees to buy all 8,000 Unsullied and the translator Missandei for one of her dragons, against Ser Barristan's and Ser Jorah's advice. Jaime persuades his captor Locke not to let Brienne be raped, but Locke cuts off Jaime's sword hand.

Brienne escorts Jaime across the Riverlands to King's Landing. Seizing one of her swords, he engages her in a fight, which is interrupted by Bolton armsmen. Robb plans to attend Catelyn's father's funeral in Riverrun, angering the vengeful Lord Karstark. Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie also make for Riverrun, but are waylaid by a rebel group, the "Brotherhood without Banners", and are taken to an inn, where the captured Hound reveals Arya's identity. Margaery Tyrell and her grandmother Olenna, the "Queen of Thorns", convince Sansa to tell them about Joffrey's flawed character. Theon Greyjoy is tortured by unknown captors. Bran, Rickon, Osha and Hodor encounter the siblings Jojen and Meera Reed, children of the Stark bannerman Howland Reed. Jojen, who has been sharing Bran's strange dreams, tells Bran that he is a warg, able to enter the minds of animals.

Cleveland and his family move to California so he can pursue his dream of becoming a baseball scout.

In Woodbury, Andrea begins to suspect that The Governor has no intention of making peace with Rick. Milton finally reveals The Governor's plans to her but stops her attempt to assassinate The Governor. With no other choice, Andrea decides to leave Woodbury to warn Rick and the others, telling Tyreese and Sasha before leaving that The Governor cannot be trusted. Upon learning of Andrea's departure, The Governor immediately leaves to track her down. Meanwhile, Tyreese and Allen get into a fight, with Allen worried that Tyreese's suspicions about The Governor's motives risk getting them thrown out of Woodbury. Andrea finally manages to reach the prison, but The Governor captures her before she can enter it, and moments before Rick would spy her emerging from the woods. When The Governor returns to Woodbury, he learns somebody had burned all of the captured walkers that Woodbury had been gathering as weapons; Tyreese and Milton appear to be the likely suspects. Meanwhile, Andrea is revealed to be tied up in the Governor's secret torture chamber.

Rallo's ego rolls out of control when he starts to think he is an ace bowler because he keeps throwing strikes with help from the gutter rails, so it is up to Donna to get him to toe the line. Meanwhile, Cleveland, Lester, Holt and Terry think their friendship needs to be enlivened, so they head to an abandoned amusement park.

Burt and Virginia reveal their odd Arbor Day tradition of uprooting newly-planted trees, hanging small gifts on them for Jimmy, then burning the trees. A shocked Sabrina refuses to let Jimmy carry on the tradition with Hope.

A city employee notifies Fiona that the city will be doing sewer line work in the backyard, this is a problem because Aunt Ginger is buried somewhere in the backyard. Fiona makes Frank look for the body before the city digs up the yard. Fiona also deals with the animosity of her co-workers over not giving in to the sexual advances of the boss when all the rest of them do. Jimmy still struggles to deal with his father's true sexuality; he goes to Estefania for emotional support after getting into an argument with Fiona. Ian tries to avoid Lloyd (Jimmy's Dad) but Lloyd asks him to rob his house to get back certain things he wants, telling Ian he can keep whatever else he wants; Ian recruits Mickey and his cousins for the job. Veronica and Kev find out Veronica is infertile and approach her mother about being a surrogate. Lip has second thoughts about his relationship with Mandy. Carl returns from cancer camp and Debbie gets bullied at the local pool. Sheila starts to regret the path she's started down by using her fetish toys with Jody. She takes in a terminally ill nun who has taken a vow of silence, so Sheila feels safe confiding in her about her deviant behavior. The nun blogs about Sheila's behavior using her iPad. The Gallaghers get a visit by child protective services.

Mandy receives a call from her younger half-sister Molly whose mother has apparently just died. Lip convinces Mandy to retrieve Molly in Milwaukee to save her from the foster care system. (Molly is actually a boy, but was raised as a girl, which she doesn't understand.) Carl heads off to cancer camp, where restrictions on the camp's activities frustrate the kids. Debbie works on holding her breath longer underwater. A distraught Sheila asks Frank for advice on getting Jody to agree to use her fetish toys. Fiona gathers a group of co-workers to discuss the boss's sexual advances towards them. Jimmy pitches in the Gallagher Squirrel fund, then meets his father for a drink and learns he was kicked out and is getting a divorce from his mother. He also finds out his father's true sexuality after he brings him to the Gallagher's house, where Lloyd gets in bed with Lip whom he mistakes for Ian; Ian then finally reveals his relationship with him. Veronica and Kevin try having a baby.

Frank Underwood returns to his alma mater, which is honoring him by naming a new library after him. He spends the night reminiscing and drinking with old friends. Peter Russo returns to Philadelphia to try and convince the shipyard employees to support his bid for governor, and to visit his mother in hospital.

Jimmy and Sabrina both have their bachelor and bachelorette parties, and Jimmy's is filmed resulting in a 'Jackass' type of setting.

Hank wakes up in a hospital after accidentally being drug overdosed in a drink by Carrie (Natalie Zea), the New York ex-girlfriend, then starts experiencing being haunted by her in his dreams. Becca announces to Hank that she broke up with Tyler who also expresses interest in dropping out from school to pursue a career being a writer and brings concern to Hank and Karen. Hank accompanies Charlie to a meeting with rock musician Atticus Fetch who expresses interest in creating a Broadway musical that is based on a novel from Hank. After an intervention from Karen, Becca, Charlie, and Marcy due to concern of his behavior and past experiences, Hank decides to enroll in a rehabilitation center.

To pay off a debt, Rallo and Cleveland Jr. become "dog bounty hunters" tracking down lost pooches to return them to their owners for reward money. Meanwhile, Cleveland is furious when Donna's ex-husband, Robert, crashes Freight Train's birthday party and upstages Cleveland's gift for his dad.

Darryl and the Belcher kids setup a business for kids to pay to see a good view of the nearby nude beach. Meanwhile, a new health inspector replaces Hugo and Bob disagrees with him.

Fiona tries to adapt to living with Jimmy after he moves in with her. Jimmy deals with the sudden appearance of Estefania's father. Estefania's father kills her boyfriend Marco in front of Jimmy, who's then forced to help dismember the body and dispose of it on a boat in the Great Lakes. Estefania's father wants Jimmy to stay married to her so she can become an American citizen. Frank wakes up in Mexico after hard partying and starts to make his way back home but is turned away at the border due to lack of papers, so he turns to being a drug mule to get through. After trying to steal a laser with Ian, Lip gets arrested and arraigned in bond court. Lip, Ian, Carl, and Mandy compete in a robot fighting competition with the stolen laser mounted on top of the robot. They win and put the $400 cash prize towards the past due property tax but, unknown by anyone else, Fiona puts $1,000 down on an upcoming night so she can be the club's promoter that night and hopefully make much more. Ian and Lloyd, Jimmy's dad, continue to meet up and have sex. Veronica and Kevin do live internet sex shows for money where he is Thomas Jefferson and she is his slave, Sally Hemings. Meanwhile, Sheila and Jody experience parental life with Karen's baby Hymie.

Manny and Luke's little league team unexpectedly makes it into a playoff game, so Claire and Cameron scramble to find a location and decide to do a makeover on a rundown field. Inspired, Claire and Cam want to try their hand at flipping a house while they're at it, and Phil and Mitchell fight over who will be the bad guy to tell them no. Meanwhile, Gloria tries a bonding technique by using a microphone to sing to the baby in utero, which definitely incites a reaction from Jay.

Virginia believes that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. She has prepared for it for three years. Jimmy thinks that she is crazy, but Burt asks him to pretend. Maw Maw wants to finish her bucket-list. Jimmy wants Hope to have a perfect Christmas and Virginia's craziness is hindering that. December 21 arrives and nothing happens. Jimmy teases Virginia, but her obsessive planning and stocking finally finds its use.

Matthews warns Dexter about LaGuerta, so Dexter gives them a false lead and plants evidence to steer them away from suspecting him. Hector Estrada, the last surviving killer of Dexter's mother, is unexpectedly released on parole. Meanwhile, Debra meets with Arlene Schram, the witness to one of Hannah McKay's early murders, and asks her to testify against Hannah. After Arlene tells Hannah about this, Debra has a car accident, leading Dexter to believe Hannah poisoned his sister. Despite Hannah denying this, his assumption is proven correct when a high dose of Debra's anti-anxiety drug is detected in her water bottle. When Dexter goes to kill Estrada, he discovers he's been set up by LaGuerta. Dexter gives Debra evidence incriminating Hannah for Sal Price's murder, resulting in Hannah's arrest.

Ron and Diane go to a woodworking award show to recognize one of Ron's pieces, when Tammy II shows up. Jerry and his wife throw a holiday party and some of Jerry's friends are surprised they were not invited.

Mike helps his brother, Rusty, move some furniture into the Heck family's garage, only to realize the furniture is stolen. Meanwhile, Frankie hopes to land a part-time job in a department store so she can get a discount on Christmas presents.

Burt & Virginia try to fix a squirrel they believe is raping other female squirrels in the neighborhood. Jimmy wants Sabrina to do the boring parenting stuff with Hope, and not just the fun stuff. She gets good at it and Hope calls her Mom. Jimmy wants to prove that he is not too sensitive and joins Auxiliary police with Barney.

Reagan, Chris and Scott get invited to join Gene and Terry at their mountain cabin for their annual "Family Funlympics." Meanwhile, when Reagan decides she needs to leave the cabin to go and check up on Ava, she is shocked to learn that Ava has new friends.

Brian abuses Stewie's time machine and causes reality to run in reverse. So the two must work together to set things right before Stewie is "unborn".

Nucky, Eli, and their respective families bond over Easter dinner. Richard takes young Tommy to dine with the Sagorskys, and Julia accepts Richard's invitation to the local Carnival. In danger of reprisal over his actions in Tabor Heights, Gyp brokers a deal with his boss, Joe Masseria. Gillian comes to terms with the death of Jimmy.

When Lily and Marshall can't decide on who to appoint as godparents for baby Marvin, they put the gang to the test to see who would be the best choice.

Lily and Marshall have trouble finding a nanny when Barney comes up with an elaborate scheme to meet girls. Meanwhile, Robin and Ted fight over whose relationship is more serious.

Andy brags about his discovery that he is related to First Lady Michelle Obama. Darryl finds his new job as Assistant Regional Manager difficult. Dwight attempts to teach Erin the Dothraki language from the HBO television series Game of Thrones so that she can impress Andy's educated family. Nellie and Pam bond, and Nellie tells Pam that Jim may be having an affair. Meanwhile, Jim reveals his plans of moving to Philadelphia to Darryl in the warehouse.

Ava reunites with an old friend (Sean Hayes) and Chris teaches Reagan about the delicate neighborhood system.

Megan acts coldly towards Nancy as she resents her for destroying Silas's childhood. Doug decides to reconnect with his estranged gay son Josh and orders his cult members to kidnap him. Only after his second attempt (and admission that he once "sucked a dick," which seems to break the ice) do both of them reconcile. At Stevie's Bar Mitzvah he stuns the guests with his speech informing everyone of his true father's past, his lack of faith in religion and his desire to attend boarding school before promptly leaving. Nancy obliges his request to go to boarding school despite the possibility of being lonely with the rest of her family moving on. At the after party, Nancy and Andy talk and she begs him to come back, even offering him her share of the company. He declines and tells her instead that she is free to do what she wants with her life. Nancy also talks to Silas, who comforts her by admitting that although she wasn't the best mother he doesn't regret his childhood. Finally she tells Shane to fix his life, who agrees to take time off and go to rehabilitation. Nancy decides to give up the weed business and calls the CEO of the company, agreeing to sell it to Starbucks. Before the party ends Stevie thanks everyone for their contributions in his life and offers a heartfelt thank you to his mother for all that she has done for him. Nancy retires to the porch to be alone. She is soon joined by Doug, Silas, Shane and Andy. They all share a joint, smiling contentedly.

Leaping seven years forward, Nancy is widowed for the fourth time, having married Rabbi Dave Bloom who subsequently died in a car crash. Marijuana is legalized and Nancy's chain of coffee shops becomes so overwhelmingly successful that Starbucks wants to buy it; Nancy, who holds 51% of the company's stock, is the only one who declines the offer. Doug has created a cult following, which, paired with his share in Nancy's business, has made him prosperous. Silas and Megan are married and have a baby daughter. Andy, who is also a shareholder in Nancy's business (but has completely estranged himself from her), lives back in Ren-Mar in his recently deceased father's house and had a child with a lady friend, with whom he shares joint custody. Shane, who has become a detective, is a bitter alcoholic, having remained Ouellette's closest friend and following in his footsteps. At a pre-party for Stevie's Bar Mitzvah, Nancy begins to worry that Andy will not show up as the two of them have not spoken in some time. Guillermo realizes Stevie has been misled by his mother and reveals the truth of his father as a drug cartel kingpin, much to Stevie's shock.

Nancy tries to find legal work but has some difficulty until she spots what she thinks is a drug deal by a father at Stevie's soccer game. Meanwhile, Jill reveals that she is pregnant with either Andy or Doug's child. Silas attempts to retrieve his pilfered plants and Shane decides to earn additional spending money. Instead of retrieving the plants, Nancy gets both Silas and herself a job at a pharmaceutical company through the father at the soccer match.

Selina attends a healthy-eating event at Camden Yards with some grumpy fast-food executives, where she also confides a secret to Amy. Mike holds a press briefing for some local news pals. Amy and Dan are forced to entertain elementary-school children.

Around Christmas, Lane is instructed by his London attorney to wire $8,000 to England within two days for back taxes, or else he risks being arrested. Lane, in fear, forges a check from Don. Harry meets with Paul Kinsey, who has joined the Hare Krishnas and has written a terrible spec script for the series Star Trek. Harry later pays for a trip for Paul to Los Angeles so Paul can try to break into script writing. Joan is served divorce papers, and after an outburst to the office receptionist, she and Don go to a bar for a drink and have an intimate chat. Meanwhile, Pete reveals that Jaguar is again looking for an advertising firm, and that presentations will start in mid-January.

The episode occurs roughly two weeks after the previous one-around the time of Charles Whitman's shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin. Pete and Trudy host a dinner party in the suburbs, attended by Don, Megan, Ken, and his wife. Pete also attends driver's education classes where he views the film Signal 30 and flirts with a young woman. After watching England win the 1966 World Cup Final with expatriate Brits Lane attempts to land an account with Jaguar Cars, leading to a physical altercation with Pete.

Ted, Marshall and Barney watch the original Star Wars trilogy and suddenly think about their lives three years into the future.

When Peter's favorite kiddie show gets canceled, he decides to create and star in his own. Meanwhile, Meg starts an internship for Dr. Hartman.

It's Memorial Day weekend, 1966, and Don's children are spending the holiday with him and his new wife, Megan, at the Draper's new and stylish Manhattan apartment. Pete struggles at SCDP because of Roger continually attempting to undermine him through his accounts. Joan, on maternity leave after giving birth to her son, Kevin, has a helping house-guest in her mother. Megan throws a surprise birthday party for Don at their apartment with all of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in attendance, except for Joan.

When Peter and Chris go away to fat camp, they cross paths with a serial killer who targets overweight kids. Meanwhile, Stewie is traumatized by the frightening cover of a Queen album.

When Donna has a midlife crisis, Cleveland must come up with a clever way to sneak off with his buddies on a hunting trip without her finding out. But a hunting accident leaves Cleveland slightly deaf, and his scheme to agree to all of Donna's ideas backfire when she makes a drastic life change and decides to go back to school. Meanwhile, Junior is up for an easy reelection as Student Body President, until Roberta decides to run against him.

Excited to spend quality father-stepson bonding time with Rallo, Cleveland takes Rallo to his very first magic show, where they get hired to be the opening act. Thanks to Rallo's sharp wit in the role of the puppet, Cleveland and Rallo's ventriloquist act becomes a hit. As their act gets rave reviews by fans and ventriloquist critic Graham Kensington, Rallo grows tired of Cleveland taking all the credit for their success. Not one to be taken for a dummy, Rallo proves that he is the heart of their comedic act.

Jimmy's new friend (Ashley Tisdale), from an improvisational class, agrees to pretend to be his girlfriend to make Sabrina jealous.

As Tracy becomes frustrated in his attempts to anger Liz, Jack questions the family friendliness of NBC's new talent competition and Kenneth prepares for the Rapture.

Mycroft hires Sherlock and John to retrieve compromising photos of a minor royal, which are held on Irene Adler's (Lara Pulver) camera phone, a ruthless and brilliant dominatrix who also trades in classified information extracted from her rich and powerful clients. Sherlock obtains Adler's phone, but discovers it is booby-trapped and requires a code to disarm it. When Adler discovers that the CIA are on her trail, she disappears and is then apparently killed, only to reappear to ask John to get her camera phone back from Sherlock. Weeks later when the coast is clear, Adler tricks Sherlock into deciphering a coded message on her phone which she obtained from another well-connected client. She sends the message to Moriarty, who in turn uses it to foil a British counter-terror operation. She almost succeeds in blackmailing Mycroft, but Sherlock finally cracks the password for the phone, leaving Adler without the protection she needs to survive. The episode concludes as Mycroft tells John that she has been killed by a terrorist group in Pakistan. This is also untrue: Sherlock helped her escape when she was on the brink of death. Based on the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia".

After realizing that he has missed every milestone in Steve's life, Stan makes a desperate attempt to bond with his son by creating a busty blonde bombshell alias, Phyllis, whom he sends Steve's way. When Stan oversteps his boundaries, Francine intervenes to keep Steve's virginity out of "blonde's" way. Meanwhile, Roger starts his own limo service, and when a group of guys "drive and dash," he goes on a manhunt to get his revenge.

Jax and Tara discover the peaceful possibilities of life outside of SAMCRO, but the harsh reality of their inability to leave the rest of the group behind quickly makes itself known to the two of them.

Quagmire asks Peter and Joe to help him kill his sister's violently abusive boyfriend.

Marshall has acquired a new tie with a duck pattern, which Barney despises because he finds the design unstylish. Now that Lily is pregnant, her breasts have gotten bigger, so Barney wants to see them; both Lily and Marshall refuse. The group decide to go to "Shinjitsu", a okonomiyaki restaurant for dinner, where Barney insults the cooking style, claiming he can do all the techniques the chef can do with ease. Marshall becomes angry and challenges Barney to do every technique, with permission to touch Lily's breasts if he succeeds. If Barney fails, he must wear Marshall's ducky tie for one year.

Cathy is asked by Dr. Sherman to attend a university class as a guest but is put off after hearing how cold some of the students are. As they prepare to jet off to Italy, Cathy tries to convince Andrea to call off her engagement and come with them. Paul then learns that despite Myk's declarations of love he is really marrying Andrea for a green card. Adam discovers Poppy has been lying to him about who she is, ending their friendship. Lee calls Cathy to come see him. Upon their reunion he soon dies, devastating Cathy and causing her family to miss their flight. Paul exposes Myk to Andrea who then turns him into the INS. Sean then returns home.

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.

Louie starts his evening with a surreal trip on the NYC subway, where he witnesses a busker playing beautiful violin music while a filthy homeless man scrubs himself down with bottled water nearby, has a black-and-white vision of himself saving the riders from a soda-soaked seat, and then heads into the opening credits. Later, he meets his friend Pamela for lunch, and he ends up passionately telling her how he feels about her. And she doesn't respond at first, leaving him to misread a later invitation of hers, and the revelation ends with Louie standing outside her building and screaming in pain and anger.

After Lisa breaks Milhouse's heart yet again, he hooks up with a fifth-grader named Taffy, only to fall a victim to her pranks and be saved back by Lisa. At the same time, disgusted with the hairdressing service in Springfield in general, Homer decides to open his own hairdressing salon at home, only to ruin Marge's reputation of a good housewife.

When Rallo and his pals Bernard and Theodore perform in the school talent show, their rap about fiscal responsibility is not well-received by their classmates. Meanwhile, after Cleveland gets his own cable-access television show, the reviews are less than positive so he takes some tips from the most successful daytime talk shows that appeal to women.

Dewey Crowe returns to Harlan to take advantage of a big score, but a more dangerous element has their eyes on that same prize. After the dust settles, both Raylan and Boyd try to help Dewey in their own way.

Terry comes out as Cleveland discovers his and Donna's marriage is not legal.

Nucky has emotionally charged conversations with both Margaret and Eli over his business and the killing of Margaret's husband, leading to dramatic shake-ups in his personal and political lives. Jimmy meets with his dying father for the first time in years, and in the process reevaluates his relationships with Nucky and both his parents. Van Alden and Agent Sebso's working relationship is pushed to the limit by Van Alden's suspicions, ending after a definitive confrontation at a river baptismal. Angela prepares to flee from Jimmy to Paris, but learns her support system is not as strong as she believed.

Nucky visits Chicago for the Republican National Convention, where he finds himself intrigued by the candidacy of Warren G. Harding over more established candidates. The D'Alessio gang moves in on Nucky's territory at the expense of Eli, who has been watching over his brother's affairs. Margaret finds herself entangled in Nucky's business, while Van Alden struggles with his wife's desire for a child. Rothstein prepares for legal trouble over his role in fixing the 1919 World Series. Nucky asks Jimmy to return to Atlantic City to reinforce his position.

Andrea lies to Cathy about her home life, eager to get revenge for Cathy having a relationship with Lenny, on whom Andrea had a crush. Cathy discovers the truth and tries to reconnect with her spiritual side. Cathy tells Paul about her illness.

Dexter finds himself in a strange new world when he attempts to hire a nanny for Harrison so he can have time to continue to stalk and kill Boyd Fowler. Meanwhile, Debra, who takes the lead on a bizarre double homicide, is displeased when Batista suggests bringing in an annoying rookie officer who has her own theories on the case. Things heat up for Dexter when Quinn notices strange similarities between Trinity Killer suspect 'Kyle Butler' and Dexter Morgan.

Nucky celebrates his birthday and uses the event to try and expand his influence over both the Mayor of Jersey City and a United States Senator. Margaret is tasked with delivering a dress to Lucy, and finds solace from her disillusionment by shoplifting lingerie. Chalky exacts revenge on a local Ku Klux Klan leader for a lynching. Jimmy and Capone expand their business operations by taking over territories from a local Irish gangster, resulting in vicious consequences for a prostitute Jimmy was fond of. Luciano takes an interest in Gillian while tracking down Jimmy at Rothstein's request.

Walt is suffering from insomnia, worried about the choices he has made and the direction his life has taken. Unaware that Jesse has been skimming a bit of their product, he also worried that the numbers in his formulas don't add up and that they always seem to somewhere between 4 and 8 ounces short of what the batch should have produced. The meticulous Walt is also concerned - to the point of paranoia - when he discovers a housefly in the lab. Worried about contamination, he goes to extreme lengths to kill it. Jesse comes to his rescue in an interesting way.

Walt moves into the house and tells Skyler he has no intention of leaving. She won't hear of it but Walter Jr. is thrilled that his Dad is back. It doesn't stop her from calling the police however in an attempt to have him thrown out. She also decides to pursue her own interests. Jesse is still having trouble coming to terms with his girlfriend's death but has moved back into his house and seems ready to get down to work. Unbeknown to Walter, Gus has arranged a meeting with his Mexican cartel counterparts and makes it clear that he wants him left alone, at least for now. Hank is still stressed and lashes out in a bar.

The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved and arrives in Melbourne, Australia. Leckie falls in love with Stella, an Australian girl of Greek descent, who invites him to stay at her parents' home. Basilone receives the Medal of Honor and is sent home to sell war bonds.

Single mother Sarah and her two children Amber and Drew are moving back home with her parents Zeek and Camille. Sarah's sister and complete antithesis, Julia is a successful corporate attorney trying to juggle work and motherhood, alongside her stay-at-home husband, Joel. Commitment-phobe Crosby, Sarah's younger brother, must accept adult responsibility when an old flame Jasmine shows up unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Adam, the oldest Braverman sibling, his wife Kristina and teenage daughter, Haddie, learn that their eccentric son and Haddie's little brother, Max, is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Although each sibling and family has its own share of life to grapple with, perhaps this reunion is the push they need to help each other pick up the pieces and focus on the everyday challenges that families face while raising children and starting over.

Ted abdicates responsibility for finding a Valentine's Day date, and allows Lily and Marshall to "arrange" a date for him; Robin foolishly consents to attend a Valentine's day party given by her deeply inappropriate co-worker, Don Frank.

Michael comes into the office as Santa and is outraged that Jim had already allowed Phyllis to be Santa at the office Christmas party this year. Everyone seems to enjoy having Phyllis as Santa, but Michael continues to try and steal her thunder, prompting Jim to tell him to cease and desist. Michael then rearranges his costume into a Jesus outfit and starts interrupting Phyllis while she's giving out the Secret Santa gifts. When Jim stops Michael again, Michael calls CFO David Wallace to complain. David asks not to be bothered as someone made an agreement to buy the company, and David and presumably everyone else will lose their jobs after the fact.

Michael is forced to face the music after he realizes he can't keep a promise he made to a group of underprivileged kids 10 years ago, that he would pay for their college tuition provided they graduated from high school. With no other option, he visits their high school with Erin to break the bad news.

Bart tracks down an immature man named Andy Hamilton who was once hailed Springfield Elementary's best prankster. Meanwhile, Marge is chastised by the other mothers in her social circle for not serving healthy snacks.

When Samcro's adult-film business becomes a hindrance to the club, Clay seizes the opportunity to revive the gun-running cartel. As Jax and Clay continue to clash over club activities, their relationship reaches a new level of antagonism.

Zobelle cooks up a "temporary problem" for Hale to solve as a way to undermine Samcro; Gemma's rape is undermining her relationship with Clay; and Jax's involvement in Luanne's porn business is getting to Tara. Meanwhile, Clay tells Bobby, who needs a job, to run the business end of Luanne's business.

A mandatory overtime session leaves Paul, Smitty, and Peggy trying to stave off late-night boredom with marijuana; Roger throws a Kentucky Derby party, while Joan and Greg host a dinner party of their own; and Sally and Grandpa have a run-in. Betty and Don each meet new people at Roger's party. This episode takes place on and around May 4, 1963.

Jackie discovers that a new temp nurse is abusing drugs, but when she confronts him, he calls her on hypocrisy; Mrs. Akalitus still has the foundling infant left at the hospital; Coop reveals to Eddie that Jackie has a child.

Walt makes the delivery in time, but misses the birth of his daughter. Jesse confronts Walt about his share of the payment, but is denied by Walt due to his drug use. Jesse and Jane's addiction is uncovered by Jane's father, Donald, who agrees to give her one day to settle her affairs before going to rehab. In an effort to minimize the cost of Walt's upcoming surgery, Flynn sets up a website to gather donations for his father's medical expenses. It is quickly used by Saul as a way to forward Walt's earnings without raising suspicion. After the discovery of Jesse's payday, Jane blackmails Walt into delivering his share to Jesse. Jesse and Jane then plan a life together in New Zealand. After coincidentally meeting Donald in a bar, Walt goes to Jesse's house in time to see Jane choking on her own vomit due to an overdose, but does not attempt to save her.

Marshall takes Robin to a bar with a Minnesota theme. Ted attempts to keep his visiting sister away from Barney.

Stanfield takes over as The Greeks' Baltimore distributor and is given a phone and a code to use to contact them. Stanfield gives the number to Levy and Herc steals it and passes it on to the police department. Freamon appeals to Daniels for a wiretap but is unsuccessful. McNulty leaks further details of his invented serial killer to the press and the story gains momentum. When Templeton stages a phone call from the serial killer McNulty uses it as probable cause for a wiretap. Freamon sets up on Stanfield's phone while the homicide unit believe they are manning another, disconnected, wiretap of the killer's phone. Dukie struggles with bullying and searches for a new path. Bubbles learns that he is HIV negative. State's Attorney Bond announces the Davis corruption case. Campbell convinces Davis to protect his fellow politicians and he embarks on a publicity campaign suggesting that his race has motivated the charges. Partlow sets up an ambush for Omar which he narrowly escapes by jumping from a balcony.

At Cannes, the guys party it up and attend to the business of selling Medellin, and find themselves with two offers on the table before it's even screened, and in the end, the film is bought from an unlikely source, at a price much lower than they were hoping for. Meanwhile, Drama benefits from the overseas popularity of Viking Quest.

Pete's professional and personal lives become more complicated as he struggles to assert power in both. While facing pressure from his wife regarding a new apartment, he further alienates Don and endangers his own position at Sterling Cooper. Pete decides to take a risk that will cost him the job. He is subsequently discovered and fired; however, Bertram Cooper wants him back because of Pete's social connections.

The legatine trial on the legitimacy of King Henry's marriage to Katherine continues despite the queen's refusal to attend, but the papal envoy receives notice to return to Rome and place the evidence to the judgement of the Curia. The king engages in frantic diplomacy with the French king, but he aligns with the Holy Roman Emperor instead. The pope procrastinates and Henry, goaded by the conspirators Thomas Boleyn, the Duke of Norfolk and Charles Brandon, strips Wolsey of his temporal power and properties, bans him from court and instructs him to resume his now sole role as Archbishop of York. Thomas More reluctantly succeeds Wolsey as Chancellor of the realm and Princess Margaret falls ill with tuberculosis and dies. Anne Boleyn subtly and opportunely asks the king to reacquaint himself with the subject of Lutheranism.

While Dwight settles for a job at Staples, Andy tests the last nerve of his coworkers, particularly Michael and new deskmate Jim, to whom he shows off his cell phone ringtone that he sang himself. Michael welcomes Oscar back to the office by asking the Party Planning Committee to throw a Mexican-themed fiesta. Jim tries to enlist Karen's help in pulling a prank on Andy, but she is busy with Dwight's former clients. Pam, however, is a ready accomplice. With her help, Jim hides Andy's cell phone in the ceiling above Andy's desk. Michael's rejection of Andy's friendship, combined with Pam and Jim's prank of continually calling his "lost" phone, pushes Andy over the edge, and he punches a hole in the wall in frustration. This-combined with learning from a depressed Angela that Dwight went to Corporate to deliver an important document-causes Michael to realize that he made a mistake in forcing Dwight to resign, and he goes to Staples to get him back. At the party, Karen confronts Jim, asking him if he still has feelings for Pam. After several seconds of silence, Jim quietly answers, "Yes." Karen gets up and walks out, visibly upset.

Ted calls Lily a harsh word (censored as "Grinch"). The two fight and nearly ruin the gang's Christmas. Barney catches a cold.

After Homer gets fired once again from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, he takes over Springfield's ice cream truck business after his favorite driver dies. Meanwhile, Marge, depressed over seeing women more successful than her and looking for a way to be remembered, begins using Popsicle sticks to create sculptures.

Namond is pushed into drug dealing by his mother when they are cut off by the remnants of the Barksdale Organization (who had been supporting them). Randy reveals his involvement in the murder to his teachers and is placed under Sergeant Ellis Carver's care. Marlo proves elusive despite Herc's camera. Colvin's new special class separates the worst behaved students (known as "Corner Kids") from their peers. Carcetti wins the election despite a last minute smear campaign. Omar is arrested for the murder Marlo organized.

As the homicide unit's newest detective Greggs is assigned to the high-profile witness case in an attempt to stall the investigation until after the election. Freamon joins Bunk on finding his missing suspect and realizes the connection to the lack of violence from the Stanfield Organization. Freamon suggests the suspect has been killed and his body hidden. Marlo loses big in a poker game and decides to take over Bodie's corner. Chris and Snoop assess Michael as a potential recruit. Proposition Joe manipulates Omar into robbing Marlo's next card game. Watkins becomes more angry with Royce when he sees he has reneged on a promise to back his protege Marla Daniels for a council seat. Randy is caught truanting and becomes a reluctant informant for the teachers.

John Gavin Sr. disappears following an argument with Tommy over living conditions; Lou's new love interest doesn't sit well with Tommy; the new woman in Jerry's life could be dangerous; and Sean and Maggie meet with a priest about their marriage.

The office staffers hold a "Secret Santa" gift exchange at their Christmas party. Jim got Pam's name for the first time this year, and puts a great deal of effort into getting her the perfect gift. Michael buys a video iPod as his gift to Ryan, far exceeding the $20 limit. He is disappointed by the handmade item he receives from Phyllis and introduces a "Yankee Swap", in which someone can choose to steal someone else's gift or open a new one. Jim is left feeling uncertain about the fate of his special present for Pam while the staff guns for the iPod. Although Pam ends up with the iPod at the end of the swap, she elects to trade the iPod for Jim's gift that was meant for her to show her appreciation. While she goes through the various aspects of her gift, Jim sneaks a letter that he wrote for her into his pocket. After ruining his staff's mood, Michael disobeys company policy by buying an obscene amount of alcohol for the Christmas party to compensate. Everyone ends up having a good time, with the exception of Angela, who is furious that she received no appreciation for her efforts towards arranging the Christmas party. The episode ends with a drunken Meredith exposing herself to Michael, who takes a picture, and then quickly flees.

The family goes to a church retreat and at the end, everyone comes home mad.

David finally embraces his demons; Nathaniel Sr. talks to his younger son; Brenda delivers early and fights Nate's negativity; Margaret is impressed to see Olivier's nurturing side; Rico and Vanessa celebrate an investment; the family toast Nate's memory at a farewell dinner for Claire; Claire's departure reveals what's to come for those she loves.

Locke arrives at Boone's funeral and is attacked by Jack. Locke asks for Shannon's forgiveness, to no avail; instead, Shannon steals the key to the gun case from a sleeping Jack, and confronts Locke in the jungle. Sayid tackles Shannon just as she fires the gun and the bullet grazes Locke's head. Sayid later tells Locke to take him to the hatch. In flashbacks, Sayid becomes an informant for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the CIA, which has asked him to infiltrate a terrorist cell of which his old friend Essam is a member. Sayid agrees to do it in return for Nadia's whereabouts and he betrays Essam, who kills himself.

Cutty convinces Avon to give him money to fund his gym. Brother Mouzone forms an alliance with Omar when he discovers that Stringer betrayed him. Royce continues to delay closing down the tolerant zones alienating Burrell and Watkins. Burrell leaks the story to Carcetti. Stringer learns that he has been conned into making political contributions for no return and tries to convince Avon to order the murder of Senator Clay Davis. The wiretaps begin to yield information about the Barksdale organization and the unit get a recording of Stringer discussing contract killers. Stringer meets with Colvin and gives him the location of Avon's safehouse believing that returning Avon to prison is the best way to end the war. Meanwhile, Brother Mouzone meets with Avon and convinces him to give Stringer's whereabouts away so that he can exact his revenge. Omar and Mouzone ambush and kill Stringer.

Some of the survivors move to the caves, while some stay at the beach. Locke exchanges Charlie's heroin for Charlie's guitar. Jin attacks Michael because he has Jin's father-in-law's watch; however, only Jin's wife Sun knows this because they do not speak English. Jin is handcuffed to the wreckage. Sun reveals to Michael that she can speak English and explains why Jin attacked Michael, after which Michael frees Jin. Flashbacks show that Jin had to take a job working for Sun's father for her hand in marriage. One night, after they are married, Jin returns home covered in someone else's blood. Sun secretly plots to leave Jin (hence the secret English lessons); however, she changes her mind in the end.

The Fishers hold a yard sale; David gives Arthur more responsibility. Nate warms up to a divorcee at Maya's Mommy and Me class.

During a romantic dinner out one evening, Doug is inspired by the beautiful surroundings to proclaim his love for Carrie. Carrie is touched by his gesture and suggests that they renew their wedding vows. They set out to plan their vow renewal ceremony, but find that the planning is much more trouble than it's worth. They decide that it's better to cancel the ceremony to avoid the headaches they have encountered. However, once they tell everyone that the renewal is off, everyone assumes they are having marital problems, so Doug and Carrie decide to go ahead with the renewal after all, just to get their family and friends to shut up. The two find that planning the wedding is much more troublesome than expected. Meanwhile, Arthur, who offered a bottle of fine Port Wine as a gift to Doug and Carrie, has discovered that it is quite valuable and is hoping that they do not go ahead with the ceremony after all because he wants to sell the wine for a large profit on eBay.

Doug has recently lost a lot of weight, and to celebrate, he wants to take Carrie away for a romantic weekend. He surprises her with a trip to the lakeside lodge they went to many years before, but the surprise is on him when he discovers that it wasn't Carrie, but a former girlfriend with whom he spent a very romantic weekend at this lakeside retreat all those years ago.

Moe Syzlak becomes lonely and decides to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, he inadvertently saves Maggie Simpson when she is sent flying from the Simpsons' car window and into his arms. He starts playing with Maggie and becomes attached to her, telling her the story of The Godfather. Homer and Marge become upset about how much time Moe is spending with Maggie and forbid him from seeing her again. One night, Maggie wakes up and hears the Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia outside the house and decides to follow them. When Homer and Marge find her missing, they automatically assume that Moe kidnapped her. When Moe is told that Maggie is missing, his request to help find her is granted by Homer. Maggie follows the mobsters to Luigi's restaurant, where Fat Tony's gang gets into a gun battle with a rival family. Homer, Marge and Moe track Maggie down and Moe decides to go inside and save Maggie. After Moe saves Maggie's life, Homer allows the two to spend more time together.

David and Rico are at odds over the death of a telemarketer; Lisa & Nate hold a dinner for David & Keith.

Homer becomes depressed when he sees that Ned Flanders seems to better off than him. To remedy this, he begins to pray constantly. Meanwhile, the Simpsons discover that tree roots have clogged up their plumbing. The house becomes too run down to live in, and Homer prays for a solution. Homer is injured while attending church; he sues Reverend Lovejoy and is awarded the deed to the church. He throws a huge house-warming party, in which all of the partiers drink and engage in sinful activities. It suddenly starts raining and the town begins to flood. The townspeople flee to the roof of the church. Homer tries praying again but the flood keeps rising. Reverend Lovejoy returns in a helicopter and leads everyone in prayer, asking God to forgive them, and the rain stops.

Doug and Carrie accidentally receive another couple's photos by mistake at the drug store. They look through the pictures and are depressed that their lives are boring in comparison to the mystery couple's. They try to spice things up and copy what the see in the other couple's pictures to prove that they are a couple with an exciting lifestyle. Meanwhile, Arthur gets a new cell phone and is disappointed when no one calls him.

Beecher leaves Oz. Someone has the Mayor assassinated ... but whom? Cyril begins Electro-convulsive therapy to combat sever depression and schizophrenia. Glynn meets the press about the solitary poisonings. Said attempts to start a bookbinding business and meets with a reporter with a surprise up his sleeve.

Robert gives Ray a great idea of what to get Debra for Christmas, but is angry when Ray takes all the credit.

Ross and Rachel hire a male nanny. Chandler freaks when Monica tells him that she has met somebody else who is the funniest man she has ever met.

McNulty uses his children to tail Stringer after a chance encounter in a local market. Greggs and Carver arrest a driver picking up a large amount of cash from the Towers from known gang members, but are forced to return the money when the driver's political connections to Senator Clay Davis are revealed. Daniels discusses his problems following the money trail with his wife Marla.

Brandon's bloodied body is discovered in the pit. Wallace gets even more unsettled about the situation after Avon rewards him for his part in Brandon's murder. The detail gets a wiretap running. Daniels clashes with homicide Major William Rawls over their approach to the evidence they have gathered thus far.

Lisa tries to fit in with two college students by lying about her age. She finds that the college atmosphere is perfect for her, but her lie is soon discovered and she is shunned by her fellow elementary school students. Meanwhile, Bart is diagnosed with a weakened immune system after getting bitten by a Chinese mosquito and must live in a plastic, germ-free bubble.

Velez fails in his attempt to kill Guerra. Miss Sally's Schoolyard is cancelled, and replaced with Sallycize. Schillinger threatens Schibetta. The O'Reily brothers band together to protect Suzanne. Gloria attacks Martinez when he gropes her while she's treating him in solitary. The Aryans attack Lalar. Hill can't stop thinking about his mother's death.

Carrie and Doug decide it's time to start trying for a baby. They both go to the doctor to get checked out, and discover that Carrie has only one functioning ovary. That means that she only ovulates once every three months, and it just so happens that her next opportune time to get pregant is the same time that Doug's parents are in town, visiting for the holidays.

As Nixon scrounges for his favored whiskey, Vat 69, Easy Company enters Germany. Some of the men on patrol stumble across a concentration camp near Landsberg and free the prisoners after realizing that the guards had abandoned the camp. The sight of the victims leaves many shocked and disgusted.

Easy Company battles near Foy, Belgium, losing numerous men. The episode examines and questions the actions of 1st Lieutenant Norman Dike, the Company's commander. He is eventually relieved by 1st Lieutenant Ronald Speirs, who becomes the Company's new leader. Serving as narrator is First Sergeant Carwood Lipton, who attempts to keep the morale of the men up as they endure their trials in the forest near Foy, earning him a battlefield promotion to 2nd Lieutenant for his leadership ability.

Easy Company experiences the Battle of the Bulge and have to hold ground near Bastogne, while running low on ammunition and other supplies. The episode focuses on medic Eugene "Doc" Roe as he helps out his fellow soldiers where he can, while also scrounging for medical supplies, of which the Company is dangerously low. He also befriends a Belgian nurse in Bastogne, who is later killed during a German bombing raid.

When Bender is paralyzed in a tragic can opener accident, he discovers his musical washboard skills and goes on tour as a member of Beck's folk-rock band, acting as a voice for broken robots everywhere. Fry, Leela, Amy, and Zoidberg tag along in Fry's antique 1960s VW Van.

Hal teaches Malcolm how to rollerskate, but Malcolm becomes so frustrated, he calls his father an obscene name. Meanwhile, Lois hurts her back (after screaming so loud at Reese for tracking mud in the house) and Francis fakes a back injury in order to get out of a camping excursion.

Doug gets a sizeable bonus for Christmas and wants to put it in the bank to save for a rainy day. Carrie wants to invest the extra money in stocks for a new online company. Doug reluctantly agrees, but becomes obsessed with watching the stock market - go up and down. He panics when the stock goes down a point and insists they sell, only to see the stock double the next day. They buy the stock back, at double the original price, and this time promise to hold on to it and ride out the ups and downs. Meanwhile, Arthur is feuding with the neighbors over who can have the biggest and best Christmas decorations.

As Christmas approaches, Alvarez decides to go back to Solitary but not before rejecting a gift from his former buddies, which ends Ricardo in a body bag. Bellinger, who is pregnant, decides to go forward with the execution but Sister Pete steps in and convinces Devlin to commute her sentence, Bellinger warns her that she will be bowing down before Satan. Racial tensions are at an all time rate in Oz when after Whittlsey and Howell fight over McManus, he feels that Glynn does not support him very well, and they continue after the final boxing match, which sees Cyril defeat Khan unexpectedly in a brutal manner. As the new millennium approaches, Schillinger gathers all the white inmates together who have differences to put them aside for the moment, while Adebisi does the same with the African American inmates. Tensions are also amongst the staff as well, especially Hughes, after disagreeing with Glynn is fired. Glynn puts the prison in lockdown and the new millennium arrives, Adebisi gets a special surprise in his pod.

Ten months after the riot, Em City reopens and McManus lays down new ground rules to make everybody's lives better. He starts by making a high school education program. Peter Schibetta, the son of the deceased mob boss Nino Schibetta, decides to find the one responsible for his father's death. He also knows a secret about Glynn. Schillinger is up for parole but Beecher does what he can to stop him. Glynn's daughter is brutally raped and he takes his frustrations out on Alvarez. O'Reily finds out he has breast cancer.

Intensity between the gangsters and Wise guys ensues after the death of Johnny Post. Glynn warns Schibetta, Keane, and Said to keep the peace or he will lockdown the prison. Keane finds solace with Said and O'Reily tries to him down for his protection.

While attempting to get Maggie to say her first word, Marge tells the story of Lisa's first word. In 1983, Marge, Homer and Bart are living in the Lower East Springfield district and Marge announces that she is pregnant. She and Homer decide to move into a house to support their bigger family and move into their present day home. Lisa is born during the 1984 Summer Olympics and Bart immediately becomes jealous of her. He tries several things mean things to her, but only manages to get himself in trouble. Bart decides to run away, but Lisa says her first word: "Bart". Bart discovers that Lisa loves him and embraces her as his sister. In the present day, Homer puts Maggie to bed, saying he wishes that she will never talk. Once he leaves, Maggie says her first word: "daddy". Guest star: Elizabeth Taylor.

In the episode, Grampa confesses that Homer has a half-brother, who Homer immediately tries to track down. He eventually discovers that his brother is Herbert Powell, the head of a car manufacturer. Herb immediately starts to bond with Bart and Lisa, and he invites Homer to design his own car. Homer's car design turns out to be a disaster, which causes Herb to become bankrupt.

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.

High in the halls of the kings who are gone Jenny would dance with her ghosts The ones she had lost and the ones she had found And the ones who had loved her the most The ones who’d been gone for so very long She couldn’t remember their names They spun her around on the damp old stones Spun away all her sorrow and pain And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave They danced through the day And into the night through the snow that swept through the hall From winter to summer then winter again Til the walls did crumble and fall And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave

You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God'll cut you down Sooner or later God will cut you down Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter Tell them that God's gonna cut themem down Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news My head's been wet with the midnight dew I've been down on bended knee talkin' to the man from Galilee He spoke to me in the voice so sweet I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet He called my name and my heart stood still When he said, "John go do My will!" Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand Workin' in the dark against your fellow man But as sure as God made black and white What's done in the dark will be brought to the light

This version of the song is being called "Slingo's Parting Glass".

The French word "Alouette" (meaning "lark", a small bird) is spelled with one "L", but this song was published with the title using two "L"s as "Allouette". Alouette, gentille Alouette (Lark, nice lark) Alouette, je te plumerai (Lark, I shall pluck you) Je te plumerai la tete (I shall pluck your head) Et la tete (And your head) Alouette (Lark) O-o-o-oh Alouette, gentille Alouette Alouette, je te plumerai Je te plumerai le bec (I shall pluck your beak) Et le bec (and your beak) Et la tete (and your head) Alouette O-o-o-oh

The cockroach, the cockroach I thought you said you cleaned in here But when you come back on the 6th of May Your job, she maybe is no here The cockroach, the cockroach My maid I can no longer trust When she comes in late on the very next day I don’t believe she missed the bus

And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours. And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that Lord of Castamere, But now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear.