When scatterbrain mother Francie, a new parent at Ritchie's school, comes to Christine for guidance, she begins to consider Christine as her 'rock', much to Christine's flattery. But soon, Christine tires of the responsibility of being responsible for Francie all of the time.

On tonight's live results show, the 12 semi-finalists who performed Tuesday night will return to the stage to find out their fate. America's votes will be revealed and three finalists (highest male vote-getter, highest female vote-getter and next highest vote-getter) will move on in the competition, while nine semi-finalists will go home.

When Mike heads out of town for some R & R, he decides to look up an old friend, Sonny. When he arrives at the his bar, Mike notices that things have changed and is surprised to find out that Sonny died and his daughter, Julie is running things. Mike agrees to stay and help her put things back into shape, which becomes challenging when he discovers someone is trying to force her out.

Gary learns a lesson about never mixing family with business when he gets faced with an audit from the IRS and needs to lean on Allison's brother for financial support.

The BAU is called to assist in the pursuit of a serial killer who appears to be copying the methods used by famous murderers from the past.

The members of Oceanic 6 learn how to get back to the island, but some members are reluctant to return.

CJ interviews for a fire-chief post in New Jersey. This elates Curtis, but only because the younger Paynes might finally move out of the house. At the barbershop, Kiki tries to persuade Floyd to hire her brother--who was just released from prison.

The team tries to prevent the assassination of a South Korean ambassador at a state wedding, but the case takes a different turn when someone else is shot instead.

Deciding that Erica might need a rest, Dr. Tom sends her back to relive a perfect day.

Adam heads to Los Angeles, where he visits the Orochon Ramen, where he will attempt to finish a spicy ramen created with 10 different chilies. Then, he stops in the El Tepeyac Cafe for roasted pork tortillas and Phillipe, the original home of the French dip sandwich.

Peanut discloses that he's illiterate. In kind, Malik sets out to teach him how to grasp the written word. Elsewhere, Dana and Kiki have eyes for a handsome new stylist at the barbershop.

Mac will have trouble solving the next case because of police officers deciding to go on strike out of no payment. On this particular case Mac could be short a CSI, while trying to figure out how the deputy Mayor was killed.

The creator of a religious website is murdered and the trail leads to a corrupt charitable organization.

Ellen & Patty disagree how to go against Ultima National Resources. The FBI get a new lead to try to bring Patty down.

A man is found beaten and shot dead with a mouth full of money in a house with no roof. Crews and Reese begin their investigation and discover the victim was running an elaborate construction scam that left his clients without roofs or money. While interviewing the duped customers, they meet an eccentric man with a violent streak and the intimidating son of an old woman with a long rap sheet. The detectives work to figure out if either of these men could be the murderer. Meanwhile, Crews has a confrontation with Mickey Rayborn which sheds some light on the conspiracy against him.

Top Chef moves to New Orleans, and tonight the chefs cook for restaurateur Emeril Lagasse for a chance to be in the final challenges, but an unexpected twist will winnow the herd a little more than is expected.

NYC Councilman Bobby Prince shares a secret with Sam after Prince is caught with a hooker during a raid on a motel. The secret leaves Sam with even more questions as well as the realization he has more in common with Prince than he had ever thought. Meanwhile, Gene Hunt locks down the precinct after a shooting, Maria and her father confront each other, and Ray's wife, Denise, adds tension to the drama.

The Brooklyn house receives a visit from Devyn's 'semi-fiance' while still stringing along another guy. Meanwhile, Devyn receives payback for her cheating ways when guys pull a prank on her.

Demetri Martin continues his series of sketches based around different themes. In this episode, Demetri waxes lyrical about power with segments on jokes, sketches, animation and music loosely based around power. Watch out for Demetri's differentiation between 'gut instinct' and 'balls instinct'.

Freddie has always been the black sheep of his family, and is growing more and more sick of this. But when Freddie's sister Karen signs up for a reality TV show, he is forced into acting like a perfect family for the cameras.