Complications arise at a gay bar when Nancy's new girlfriend kisses Roseanne; one of Becky's old boyfriends shows up to give Mark a reason to distrust her.
Fran's boyfriend proposes to her after only two weeks of dating, which makes Maxwell suspicious of the individual; Fran and her mother attend a therapy session.
Fran schedules to have Maggie's 16th birthday party at her aunt's dance club, but she must first settle a decades-old argument between her mother and her aunt.
Kemi becomes saddened and unstable after Chukwuemeka breaks up with her, which causes her to face the chance that she has passed the happiest days of her life.
Mark encounters an old friend, who is attempting to regain the musical drive that once fueled his life, but a recent heart attack causes him to struggle.
A psychologists wife suddenly dies in a horrible accident and his best friend, a doctor, also dies under similar circumstances, involving his two dogs.
An artist's first wife allegedly drowns in a tragic accident, but Columbo uncovers secrets the artist has kept hidden about his current wife and live-in model.
The female head of a men's magazine vanishes and her lover and fellow employee is suspected to be behind the disappearance but there's more to the story.
A masseuse gets an earful when each of the Crane family tells him all about their day, which includes Martin's Christmas pageant and Niles' elevator entrapment.
Frasier pretends to be Jewish when his girlfriend's mother pays them a visit, but the charade doesn't last long when the apartment's decor is revealed.
Frasier is less than thrilled to learn that Dr. Mary will be his co-host for the Christmas parade; Niles and Daphne get impatient waiting to open their gifts.
Doug is getting perturbed by Carrie giving Arthur anything he wants for dinner so Doug talks Arthur into asking for his favorites, but the plan backfires.
Doug's ego suffers when he repeatedly looses to Arthur on the new ping-pong table, and then loses to his wife as well when he thinks he can at least beat her.