After forgiving Logan, Rory decides that she needs time to herself and travels to Stars Hollow for some peace and quiet. However, when she arrives, Rory can tell that Lorelai is upset, but Lorelai refuses to admit that Luke going away with April for a field trip is bothering her. Meanwhile, Zach asks Mrs. Kim for Lane's hand in marriage and is surprised by the deal she proposes and Rory goes to Anna's store to spy on her.

Melinda, a troubled teenage girl who is immuno-compromised as a result of the medications she must take after a heart transplant, has a severe allergic reaction and goes into shock when her boyfriend visits her. Meanwhile, House and Wilson continue to work out the problems in their new living arrangement.

Gibbs and the team are called in when a couple of kids stumble upon the body of a missing Marine in a frozen lake. As the NCIS team searches the frozen lake bed for clues, they come across three more bullet-ridden bodies. During the autopsies, Ducky and Gibbs discover that the three additional victims had gang tattoos. With this crucial piece of information, the team works to uncover the Marine's connection with a deadly street gang.

Tonight the Top 9 finalists will perform live for the nation, vying for the American Idol crown. The contestants will sing their hearts out tonight to the theme of country music in hopes of winning Americas vote and surviving another week in the competition.



This Week's Theme is: Country Music



Performing Tonight is:

Katharine McPhee,

Kellie Pickler,

Mandisa,

Paris Bennett,

Ace Young,

Bucky Covington,

Chris Daughtry,

Elliott Yamin,

Taylor Hicks,

When J.D. rearranges his schedule to allow himself more time to spend with Turk, Turk secretly resents hanging out with J.D. in that time, because it interferes with his own "Turk Time".

Meanwhile, Dr. Cox and Jordan go on a double date with Elliot and Keith, and Carla covers for Dr. Kelso at work, as he grieves for his dead dog.

Later, a patient almost dies after giving up part of his liver for his brother, and the hospital staff learns about making sacrifices for the people they really care about.

A chronicle of the cooperative effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to send two probes, Cassini and Huygens, to study Saturn and its moon Titan. The project involves the orbit of Cassini around the sixth planet from the sun; and Huygens' landing on Titan, which is one of four astral bodies in the solar system that has an atmosphere.

Pepper Dennis is a beautiful and ambitious reporter with her sights set on anchoring Chicago's top-rated evening news broadcast. Just when Pepper thinks she's about to land her dream anchor job, her hot new guy, Charlie Babcock, shows up in the newsroom and steals the job out from under her. Complicating Pepper's daily life is her needy and recently separated sister Kathy, who has moved in with her. Only Pepper's close friends and co-workers, makeup artist Kimmy and cameraman Chick, seem to feel her pain.

With the weather calm on the Bering Sea the fleet takes full advantage. With a storm brewing out at sea, the decision to stay or run needs to be made.

A manhunt ensues when Victor Paul Gitano, a recently released sex offender, kidnaps two children after killing the rest of their family. Benson and Stabler pursue Gitano only to find their own relationship challenged as both experience opportunities where they put their personal relationship ahead of their job. After having her throat slashed, Benson requests for a new partner when she hears what Stabler has to say about their relationship and their job.

Jonas and the team carry out an assasination of a terrorist in Spain. However, they soon find out that the government called off the mission and will now not protect them in the country which means there only hope is to escape. Back at the base, Molly learns that her daughter Betsy wants to drop out of college and Kim thinks about taking a college course herself.

The housemates put time and effort into decorating the tanning salon, but Svetlana decides to redo it on her own.

TONIGHT: Broadcaster and author of "And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey", Studs Terkel! Also, Senator John McCain stops by to defend his decision to talk in front of Liberty University students.

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!

Coming Soon...

The surviving eight candidates experience the world of high-street retailing when they are challenged to work at Topshop in Oxford Circus. They must enter the minds of their teenage target group to stand any chance of success. As sparks fly in Europe's busiest fashion store, billionaire owner Philip Green breezes by with Alan Sugar, before the entrepreneurs' fate is sealed in the dreaded boardroom.