The Jokers ask strangers if their radio ad is good. One joker will be getting revenge in an elaborate punishment that the other two are really going to feel.
Phil is upset when Luke is better than him at things; Haley and Alex go to a music festival; Gloria tries to give up soap operas, and Jay tries to stop smoking.
Phil and Jay pick up Lily's old princess castle for Joe, but Jay thinks Joe plays with too many girl toys; Gloria helps Haley stand up for herself at work.
Alex is horrified when both she and her biggest rival, Sunjay, are named Valedictorian; Gloria is distracted from preparing for her U.S. citizenship test.
Steve causes trouble while participating in a police ride-along with Carl, including inadvertently getting the two of them trapped inside a railroad boxcar.
Carl attempts to save Steve and Laura after discovering that the two kids have become hostages in a Halloween bank robbery; Steve fantasizes about being a hero.
Nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper excels in the academic fields of mathematics and science but struggles to deal with the church-and-football culture of East Texas.
Sheldon worries about not being able to appease his worried mother and decides to use techniques from a self-help book regarding making friends with others.
Monica regrets telling a woman about a discount bridal shop when they fight over the same dress; Joey and Ross discover that they're dating the same girl.
The gang learns that Rachel is pregnant; Joey tries to impress a Broadway director who's dating Chandler's mom; Chandler's shoes make it hard for him to dance.
With Sheldon's help, Raj attempts to cure his social anxiety disorder and talk to women; Penny uses Bernadette to spy on Leonard and his new girlfriend.
Penny thinks she has found the right woman for Raj when she sets him up with a friend; Sheldon decides to make all of his trivial decisions by rolling dice.
Sheldon and Leonard get invited to a big party at Wil Wheaton's house, causing Leonard to choose the party or his friend; Howard gets a huge opportunity.
Leonard is forced to face his fears after being contacted by his high school tormentor whom he must now come face-to-face with years later as an adult.
Sheldon gets in trouble with Amy when he is not impressed by her recent accomplishment; Howard must come to terms with Bernadette's dislike of children.
The possibility of Leonard and Penny getting back together could prove to be disastrous when Leonard offers Penny a spur-of-the-moment invitation to dinner.
The family gathers to celebrate Alex's graduation, minus Phil, who, after getting stuck in Seattle, discovered a way to attend using Skype and a robot.
Haley tries to stop Andy from proposing to Beth and forces herself and Andy to come to terms with their real emotions; Cam tries to get Mitch to return to work.
Phil and Claire are hurt when Alex tells them the wrong college move-in date; Luke would rather hang out with his friends than stay with Phil at his open house.
Phil decides to convince Claire that Dylan should temporarily move in with them, but when he sees Dylan getting too close to Haley, he begins to rethink things.
Phil builds a habitat for the duck eggs and convinces Lily to help him hatch them; Claire is anxious about telling Jay and his team about her ideas for closets.
Claire wants to make sure that Haley and Alex have fun on "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day"; Phil helps Luke and Manny's class with community service day.
While eating Thanksgiving leftovers at Jay and Gloria's house, everyone decides on their own to sneak into the house that Phil is selling; surprise family trip.
Gloria wins a family seminar with the author of "Clean Out Your Junk Drawer," Debra Radcliffe, who encourages people to get rid of their emotional junk.