Nichols and Wheeler investigate the death of woman who courts the media, recently on behalf of her boyfriend and the restaurant they were to open.

Gene receives the honor of being the bell ringer at the New York Stock Exchange. Meanwhile at home, Shannon finds herself drawn towards late-night infomercials.

Sophie and her five hyperactive girl friends want to have a slumber party, which Gene agrees to take charge of once Shannon falls ill. But this will include keeping away a group of horny boys trying to crash the party, and must track down one girl who sneaks off with one of the boys to be alone.

Bill, Eric and the rest of the vampires are caught off-guard when a creature savagely attacks Sookie. A shy Hoyt finds himself attracted to Jessica as she makes her first visit to Merlotte's. Sarah and Steve try to boost the confidence in Jason in his calling. Meanwhile, Sam considers moving to new scenery, and Tara is shocked by the revelry at Maryann's latest bacchanal.

Another winter storm drops nearly a foot of fresh, new snow, obscuring the road south. Veteran driver Jack and the less experienced Lisa are determined to not lose any more time or money this season. They set out for Fairbanks before the snowplows even arrive. Further north on the haul road, that same blizzard causes a major collision near the icy hill called 'Slope Mountain.' Tow truck driver Ben Krsykowski carefully pulls a truck cab and trailer back up on the road--knowing that the slightest spark could set off a massive explosion. Canadian ice road truckers Hugh and Alex try to complete their first solo runs. Hugh is ahead in this race--he reached Deadhorse the day before--while Alex continues to have mechanical problems. After safely reaching Fairbanks, Jack takes off again with a towering pipe rack--a load that barely clears the traffic lights in town. Finally reaching his destination with this precarious freight--he has a close encounter with a 1,100-pound moose.

A notorious murderer is murdered himself, leaving Goren and Eames to determine whether his freedom-by-technicality and resultant fame had anything to do with the motive, and how his birthday as his murder date ties into everything.

Michael tries to fix things with Emmalin. Trevor feels he can't provide for his family, after seeing Pamela and Chase's new house. Roland must decide if he should accept a job offer.

Denise's son, Jeremy almost dies in the desert.

Ed Fogerty, a Chicago security guard, enters WITSEC after uncovering an international auto theft ring. Mary and Marshall must find his missing son, Miles, or he will refuse to testify. During the search, they uncover a disturbing truth about Ed and Miles.

Ray seeks guidance to help him with his problems and his first task is to find a winning tool for financial success. Tanya, also attending the self-help group, helps Ray.

The contestants cook their dream menu for the judges.

Jason test drives a pair of convertibles. Jonny gets to go out in the 'Ghostbusters' ambulance.

Aaron Stone enlists Dark Tamara for help when Zefrin and his ninjas steal a weather device from Hall's secret storage facility to destroy a metropolitan city. Meanwhile, Jason takes a photo that threatens the secret identities of Charlie and S.T.A.N.