For a lesson on parenting skills Chris is given an egg to take care of as if it were his child. When the electricity bill is over budget, Julius decides to figure out why. Drew a werewolf? That's what Tanya thinks so she's afraid to sleep.

Jealous that New Christine benefits from all the positive qualities she instilled in Richard during their marriage, Christine spites her by revealing to Richard that she gave New Christine the idea for the birthday gift she gave him.

PCP is spreading through Cassie's high school, and Eddie and Lund, along with Val, a new undercover cop, are assigned to find and take down the dealers, but when Charles sees Cassie flirting with Val he isn't happy about it – and neither is Eddie. Elsewhere, Lizzie is thrown into a predicament: does she break a promise to protect her friend from embarrassment or should she betray another friend's secret, possibly ruining her first slumber party.

Brent neglects to get Emma a present for Mother's Day, causing her to see red. To make matters worse, Hank shows up with a present, creating a rivalry in Emma's mind. Oscar takes full advantage of the situation when he realizes that he can get away with anything, due to Emma's distraction. Lacey and Davis try to out-embarrass each other, while Karen and Wanda have some trouble putting together their purchase from a Swedish Superstore.

When Ethan, Kyle, and Palmer overhear Kat and Benjamin's conversation about Palmer and Ethan's relationship being based only on sex, Palmer decides that it's time to learn more about her lover and spend some time going to museums and practice abstinence. Meanwhile, when Duncan goes out with an old school friend, Nicole becomes jealous and tells Lina and Richie about sleeping with Duncan after Ethan's party.

When Ted is constantly insulted by his former boss, who is now working for him on a project, he is told to fire the man, but he finds that a hard thing to do. Meanwhile, Barney offers Lily a lot of money to paint a nude portrait of him.

When Kelly attempts to please Jason, take care of her daughter and impress Jason's parents who visit from out of town, she overworks herself and has a breakdown, Meanwhile, Malik starts to worry about winning the playoff game and enlists Derwin as his new practice partner. Tia Mowry and Wendy Raquel Robinson also star.

Wayne prepares to talk to the nation as L.A. deals with the fall-out from the nuclear blast. Fayed tries to set up a deal with a new trigger man who can help with the four remaining bombs. Sandra is outraged when the FBI forces Walid to wear a wire in the hopes of gaining information from his fellow inmates. Assad provides CTU with a lead, but Jack finds that it takes a personal twist when he learns that the terrorists may have connections to his estranged family.

Matt reveals his abilities to his wife. HRG confers with Mohinder. Now that she knows the truth, Claire tries to make sense of her life. Hiro seeks the sword that he is destined to own. Niki must face the consequences of her decision to turn herself in to the police. Simone and Nathan are worried about Peter, who has been in a coma for two weeks. Peter meets a new hero. Micah visits his mother.

Lincoln and Michael are on the run with Kellerman as they figure out how to take the fight back to "The Company". Meanwhile an injured Agent Mahone decides he's done working for "The Company" but his decision has bad repercussions. Back at the prison, Bellick gets a taste of the medicine he gave out when he was the Captain.

Jake shares that he has heard his mother having sex with her fianc, Herb; this revelation brings up a repressed memory for Charlie. This leads Charlie to seek help from Rose.

The destruction of Kris's trailer by fire forces her to move into the Ritters' house, which brings her closer to an old flame; Junior gets a rude welcome to the bull-riding circuit by some of the old pros; and Dani has a new suitor.

Tony learns how the locals from Namibia survive in a primarily desert country.

After Frank steps on a land mine at a crime scene Horatio and the Bomb Technicians must deactivate the bomb. Delko gets hit with a large lawsuit after breaking up a domestic dispute.

The cast returns to the studio after their Christmas break, ready to get the show back in swing for the new year. While the cast and crew prepare for their first show, Danny continues to pursue Jordan. Meanwhile, Matt tries to win a date with Harriet by bidding on her in an online auction. However, Matt doesn't realize that winning the date will be the beginning of the end for them. Elsewhere, Jordan meets Hallie, the new Vice President of Alternative programming, but their meeting is anything but perfect.

Marjorie's return causes all kinds of problems and conflicts amongst the new couples. Heather knew she was the second choice for Adam, but didn't feel like it until Marjorie came back. Brian, who normally dumps his flings around the sixth week, is celebrating his sixth week anniversary with Bridget. Nicole is on the hunt for a nanny, but she seems to find something wrong with each one of them.

Hopper struggles to find the connection between Booth, a city counsellor, and Garza. That connection seems to lie in the role Luis Torres, Booth's assistant, has.

Heidi finds out the results of her pregnancy test while Lauren and Whitney are asked to cover a major fashion show. Meanwhile, Audrina turns Spencer down when he asks her out on a date.

Tonight former British Army General Rupert Smith, author of The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World.
Jon begins with a look at the President's State of the Union Address and Bush's strong use of the word strong. Jon discusses with Jason Jones, Senior Political Analyst, the piece of mind we Americans sacrifice when we watch the news about Iraq. Jon briefly looks at all the new nominees who dropped their hat into the presidential race of 2008. Finally, Jon looks at the online newspaper versus the paper kind, and how people are using the vows section of the N.Y. Times to tell their life story as well as living obituaries, where the dead person speaks his own obituary.

Tonight Stephen welcomes University of Maryland political scientists and author of Whistling Post Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, Thomas Schaller.

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Monica manages to seduce Frank and sink her claws back in, but he dare not tell Sheila that he and Monica have been sleeping together. Sheila proves to be a frightening adversary when scorned and Frank could be in real danger. But neither Sheila nor Monica want to share him and he has to decide on which wife he wants. But who will he choose?