Malcolm sleeps over at Stevie's house and, appalled at his over-protected lifestyle, persuades him to sneak out to a late-night games arcade - where Stevie's wheelchair is stolen. Meanwhile, Francis copes with a bullying group of cadets by telling them home tales about real intimidation - by Lois.

Homer tries to anonymously pledge $10,000 to PBS to end the pledge break and get his favorite program back on the air. When PBS comes collecting, he goes on the run. Reverend Lovejoy helps Homer out by sticking him on a plane to do some missionary work in the South Pacific. It doesn't take long for Homer to corrupt the native population. Since he doesn't know anything about religion, he has the natives build a casino. Soon the island then turns from a tropical paradise into Atlantic City.

Bobby accidentally sees Luanne naked, Joseph becomes obsessed with getting a peek as well. When Connie catches Bobby and Joseph standing outside holding binoculars, she accuses them of peeping at her. Meanwhile, Boomhauer accidentally gets committed to a mental institution, and when Dale and Bill try to get him out, they get committed too.

A Los Angeles police officer who is being filmed for the show COPS is attacked by a strange monster and Mulder and Scully are investigating the case. Scully is wary of having their faces put on national television but Mulder welcomes the publicity.

Tony decides to lie to Dr. Melfi and tells her that everything in life is fine, but she knows better. However, he does admit that he does a have a slight problem with 'happy wanderers' who haven't a care in the world. He soon has to organize the 'Executive Game', a high stakes poker game that his father and Uncle Junior started over 30 years ago. Things go awry when Richie shows up unannounced. Meanwhile, Meadow is upset after Tony gives her a Jeep that he took in the poker game and Janice tells Richie that he has to start standing up to Tony or he will come to regret it.

The Professor hires Flexo -- a new robot who, despite a goatee, is an exact duplicate of Bender -- as extra security when the crew is asked to take a valuable jeweled tiara to the Miss Universe Contest. When the tiara turns up missing, Fry suspects Flexo and starts a cat-and-mouse chase throughout the pageant with Bob Barker guest starring as himself.

Dian captures the truck drivers. Charlie Zaa arrives and the barracks are in an uproar. Armando is shocked to learn that they have been tricked and that the middleman has disappeared and that they are unable to recover the tissues.