When Gran suddenly dies, Richard becomes distraught. While Emily and Lorelai are at Gran's house, sorting through catalogs and bank statements, Emily finds a letter from Gran telling Richard not go through with their wedding and to leave her at the altar. Later, Lorelai has her own small breakdown while buying new underwear for Gran to be buried in.

On the advice of the family therapist, Cate is encouraged to pursue a once-thought-unobtainable dream of becoming a singer. Meanwhile, C.J. and Jim find themselves trying to bond in a bar when Cate encourages C.J. to take his grandfather out after he is dumped by his wife andacirc;andeuro;' in a letter -- and Kerry angers Bridget by dying her hair blonde after she complains that the romance is fading from her relationship with Kyle.

A wife and an 8-year-old blind daughter of a Navy Captain are kidnapped and the Captain is a hostage in his own office, communicating with kidnappers, who watch his every step via computer camera. NCIS team investigates the scheme where a large amount of money is involved.

Performing tonight: Susie Vulaca (Unbreak My Heart), Heather Piccinini (New Attitude), John Preator (That's What Love Is All About), Tiara Purifoy (I Wanna Dance With Somebody), John Stevens (She's Always A Woman), Jasmine Trias (Run To You), George Huff (Always & Forever), and Lisa Wilson (Come To My Window).

Jordan's friends Allison and Maddie come to town to provide moral support for Jordan after her brother's death however, their constant presence does not provide any relief to Dr. Cox.

Meanwhile, Turk tries to impress the new female surgeon, Dr. Miller, but his first encounter serves only to leave him baffled by the opposite sex yet again. Attempting to reinforce the policy on sexual harassment at Sacred Heart, Carla is forced to teach a course where Dr. Kelso is the number-one student.

Jim takes umbrage at being replaced as the father in a promotional shoot for a cruise line.

An American mobile hospital mobilized in Iraq faces a daily drama of war-time treatment.

Nathan must decide which parent to live with after the divorce, but Dan decides to force his hand by threatening to reveal Deb's darkest secrets in court unless Nathan chooses him. Meanwhile, Lucas meets a beautiful stranger who makes his head spin. Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow appears as herself and performs the song "The First Cut Is The Deepest" in Karen's Caf.

The girls get shipped off to Milan and several go-sees, followed by a stunning sunglasses themed photo-shoot.

Frasier treats a woman who has a phobia about clowns. He plans to don a clown costume and full make-up as part of her treatment. Martin sneaks into Frasier's office and scares him by coming up behind him with one of Frasier's masks over his face. Frasier does not find this amusing, so Martin repeatedly teases him about being a "fuddy-duddy". Frasier decides to retaliate for the prank. He tells Martin that he is leaving the apartment, then puts on the clown costume and rings the doorbell. When Martin comes out to answer it, Frasier jumps out, wielding a cleaver. Martin collapses and suffers a mild heart attack. Frasier feels incredibly guilty about his actions, and is humiliated in the waiting room when the nurse reads off an account of what happened. Martin recovers quickly and returns home, but doesn't want to tell Ronee about his health crisis.

The investigation into the death of a foster child, who passed out at a midnight exorcism, leads to charges of neglect and murder for the foster parents and the social worker.

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Guest: Mark Ebner (Co-Author, Hollywood Interrupted)

Segments: Evidence of Water on Mars

President Flees Haiti

Indecision 2004 (Journalists Ask Stupid Questions During Debate)

Ed Helms (Human Shields in Iraq) (rerun of October 6, 2003)

Amid 55 acres of organic farmland in the New Forest, Lizzie and Mike set out to build an idiosyncratic home. They wanted a house that would reflect their love of travel and eastern cultures, yet blend into the very English countryside around them. Their first proposal, for a wooden Japanese house, was refused planning permission, but after three years of adapting their ideas with architect David Underhill, they were finally ready to build. Their ingenious design was in three sections: a living wing, a bedroom wing and a romantic tower.