With Lane's wedding rapidly approaching, Rory and Lorelai plan a bachelorette party, but their plans end up falling through, as does Zach's bachelor party, so the two groups party together in a parking lot. Later, Lorelai tries to find a date since Luke cannot attend. She tries to get Michel to go with her, but he gets Celine Dion tickets and cannot attend. Rory suggests that Lorelai take Chris, and Chris immediately agrees. Meanwhile, Grandma Kim arrives for the wedding, not knowing that Lane is a 7th Day Adventist, not a Buddhist like she is. After the wedding and several shots of tequila, Lorelai collapses and Christopher takes care of her.

House has to work fast when a woman comes in with a life-threatening case of insomnia. Meanwhile Cameron is angry at Foreman for stealing an article she worked on.

Joey is flummoxed by the fact that Carmen Electra has a bigger billboard on Sunset Blvd. Also, Joey must deal with the fact that he and his father don't have the same interests on the night of his first big premiere.

When a Pentagon cryptographer is found dead, the NCIS team has to discover whether the person was or wasn't a Pentagon mole, and if the person committed suicide. As the investigation continues, the team discovers that the person wasn't alone when she died, so someone must have murdered her. So, the team has to find the person, a mole, who murdered the cryptographer.

Tonight the Top 7 finalists will perform live for the nation, vying for the American Idol crown. The contestants will perform their hearts out in hopes of winning Americas vote and surviving another week.



Tonight's theme is: Songs from The Great American Songbook

Performing Tonight:

Katharine McPhee,

Kellie Pickler,

Paris Bennett,

Ace Young,

Chris Daughtry,

Elliott Yamin,

Taylor Hicks.

Turk and Carla turn J.D.'s old bedroom into a nursery for the baby.

The Janitor seizes an opportunity to shove J.D. out of the picture for a day.

Elliot uses her mother to learn information about Keith's peers.

Turk accuses Dr. Cox of not being hip and Perry accuses him of the very same thing.

The discovery that the sunlight reaching Earth is dimming and the implications that has for global climate change, is examined. Included: how researchers used the days after 9/11, when aircraft were grounded in the U.S., to study how plane vapor trails affect the atmosphere; and how less pollution in the atmosphere may have the unintended consequence of accelerating global warming.

Pepper's personal anger during a live interview lands her on the couch of the company shrink, who forces her to confront her issues with Charlie. Meanwhile, Kathy's desire to please people leads Pepper to discover dangerous hazing rituals at a college fraternity, leading one of the pledges to hold everyone in the frat house, including Pepper, hostage at gunpoint.

Veronica looks for a dog killer after being hired by a student whose pet was ran over; Keith discovers surprising revelations about Kendall's past; Weevil learns that the Fitzpatricks are abusing his old gang members; Jackie applies for a job at Java the Hut and asks Veronica to put in a good word for her; Wallace tries to get back together with Jackie, but she gives him some heartbreaking news.

The crew of the Northwestern makes a profit at Akutan Island. They make the decision to head back out to sea in search of more King Crab.

Alan decides to help Jerry with his first big attempted-murder case, but has to take drastic action when Jerry's courtroom outbursts jeopardize the case.



Meanwhile, Shirley is shocked to discover that Ivan has yet to inform Missy that they are "divorced", and Brad becomes uncomfortable with a reoccurring word in his new relationship.

The crew must fly to Afghanistan to assassinate a high ranking member of the Taliban. However, one of their team helicopters ends up going down in enemy territory, placing the entire crew in jeopardy. Back at the base, Molly confronts a friend and retired Unit veteran about his addiction to painkillers and Kim ends up getting a job at the local radio station.

Hurricane Rita spoils the housemates plans for the opening of their tanning salon. Elsewhere, Paula interferes with John's date, and he accuses her of being a lesbian.

TONIGHT: The author of Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit, Ryan Nerz!

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the National Director of the ACLU, Anthony Romero!

Coming Soon...

Alan Sugar challenges the six remaining contestants to let flats when he sends them to estate agencies. The task seems straightforward to the candidates with a background in selling, but the teams soon learn there is more to the job than sales patter - and losing keys and missing appointments won't help them earn the all-important commission.