Diff'rent Strokes

Doug and his friends want are tired of being kicked out of the way by the women in their lives every time they want to get together, play cards, smoke cigars, etc. So they decide to rent an apartment above a Chinese Restaurant for a month just to have a place to hang out and relax. Carrie takes on Kirstie Alley as a client, and soon becomes Kirstie's designated eater since Kirstie can no longer eat all the delicious foods she loves so much due to her diet. One thing Kirstie wants to eat is Chinese food, and when Doug is the delivery driver with the food, Carrie discovers his secret apartment.

The episode begins with Liz Lemon cleaning out her apartment after Tracy Jordan was discovered living there in the previous episode. She comes to the conclusion that she has to take control of her personal life just like she does with TGS. She discusses this with Jack who rewards her with a necktie, seeing it as a positive step in their mentoring relationship. Liz's hopes are cofounded by a plastic bag that takes residence in a tree opposite her apartment. Meanwhile, Jack feels in control of his own life by caring for his daughter in Avery's absence. Avery is filming in Asia as part of the NBC "Blondes in strange places" strategy. When she calls him expecting Ronald Reagan themed phone sex and thereby traumatizes their daughter, Jack encourages her to stay abroad and continue filming. Events take a turn for the worse when Avery is kidnapped by the North Korean Government and "re-educated" while filming pro-Kim Jong-Il propaganda. Jack turns to his ex-girlfriend, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who he broke up with via text message ("me + you = :(") for help but to no avail as Avery is forced into marrying Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il's son. Tracy returns to work at TGS but is shocked to discover his entourage have developed their own private jokes in his absence. After forcing Grizz, Dot Com and Kenneth to recreate the events that lead to one of their private jokes, the entourage admit that life wasn't as good without Tracy. The episode tag portrays Tracy in a propoganda film with Kim Jong Il.

Principal Skinner hires Fat Tony's construction company to build wheelchair ramps for the school. These ramps promptly break down, forcing Skinner to close down Springfield Elementary. However, a toy company led by Jim Hope takes over the school; in school, the children are only taught to provide marketing schemes and suggestions. Soon, a new toy called Funzo that mysteriously resembles the children's ideas is invented. After a brief showdown Gary Coleman and the Funzo, things return to normal as Burns decides to fund the school after a visit from the three Christmas spirits.

Donna asks Cleveland to commit to renewing their wedding vows for Valentine's Day. When Cleveland writes his own wedding vows, Donna is upset with the content and signs up for marriage counseling sessions.

Cage escapes to the kitchen with Knight while Stryker takes Claire, Candace, the servant who testified against Cage, and the remaining civilians hostages. The police surround the club; but inspector Ridley does not authorize any assault. Cage and Knight escape to the basement using a secret entrance in the kitchen just before Stryker's men storm in. Claire tends to Candace's wound, with the latter revealing the truth to the former and telling about where Cage and Knight might be. Claire escapes and joins the pair, tending to Knight's wound. Stryker uses the loudspeakers to demand Cage to meet him by threatening to kill the hostages. Cage leaves to meet him. Alvarez finds the secret entrance and confronts Knight and Claire, who manage to overpower and lock him. Stryker kills Dillard's fellow party member Boone. Cage arrives and frees the hostages, excluding Candace, whom Stryker uses to cover his own escape just as the SWAT team storms in and forces Cage to surrender using the Judas bullets provided by Dillard. Cage, Alvarez and some other mercenaries are put in custody.

When Brian tests poorly on Meg's SAT, he begins to realize he is not as smart as he thinks he is, prompting Peter to show him how having a low IQ can be beneficial.

Doug and Carrie spend a lot of time baby-sitting Deacon and Kelly's kids, so they think it's only fair that Deacon and Kelly take Arthur once in a while. Deacon and Kelly disagree.

Lois cooks a big Thanksgiving dinner, and Kevin Swanson, originally presumed to be dead in Iraq, suddenly returns.

Bartender Doug gets Ted and Barney involved in a fight with guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth. They arrive after Doug has knocked out the guys, but take the credit anyway, earning the admiration of everyone except Marshall. But when Ted and Barney are sued by the losers, it's Marshall to the rescue. Lily struggles with two kids in her class who are also fighting.

Dre and Bow look for a legal guardian for their kids; Junior reveals to Jack some family white lies that he had always naively accepted.

Ted and Barney talk about a potential life-changing decision together. Robin tries to discourage Marshall and Lily from moving to Long Island.

Originally a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes, the series featured the Drummonds' housekeeper, Edna Garrett, as the housemother of a dormitory at Eastland, a private all-girls school. The girls in her care included spoiled rich girl Blair Warner (Lisa Whelchel), gossipy Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey (Kim Fields), overweight, impressionable Natalie Green (Mindy Cohn), and tough street kid Jo Polniaczek (Nancy McKeon). Other student characters came and went throughout the series' run.