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.
Claire and the children are of tired the ducks being in the house, so they try to get rid of them while Phil is visiting Alex at college; Lily has a sleepover.
Sheldon's family experiences difficulties while getting used to living without Sheldon when he moves to Dallas for a school that teaches gifted children.
Joey finds a sweater from a one-night stand that Rachel had a month ago and deduces that it belongs to the father; Joey proposes to both Phoebe and Rachel.
Ross and Rachel argue over who initiated their latest tryst, so they go to Ross's video to prove who came on to who; Monica and Chandler talk about honeymoon.
Joey sets Rachel up on a date with one of his co-stars, which doesn't sit well with Ross; Ross discovers that a coworker of Chandler's has been calling him Toby
Monica invites an old friend from high school over for Thanksgiving dinner, unaware that he started a "We Hate Rachel" club with Ross; Joey vows to eat turkey.
Monica's expensive new boots hurt her feet, but she's determined to prove to Chandler that her purchase was worth it; Ben goes to school with Sting's son.
Mona wants to send joint Christmas cards with Ross; Chandler's boss wants to go out with him and Monica; Rachel's hormones drive her to come on to Joey.
Joey wants to take Rachel to dinner on a pretend date to practice his dating skills, but soon develops romantic feelings for her; gang addicted to Mrs. Pacman.
Monica turns Chandler on to the concept of taking a bath to relax; Ross and Rachel toss baby names around while deciding whether to learn the baby's sex.
Sheldon makes selfish demands that force him and Leonard to reconsider their long-time friendship; Howard is in the process of picking his astronaut name.
Sheldon is forced to use his vacation time, so he goes to work with Amy in her neurobiology lab; Bernadette wants Howard to think about signing a pre-nup.
Sheldon clashes with his nemesis Kripke at work when an office at the university opens up; a gift from Amy makes Penny feel uncomfortable with the gesture.
Penny decides to buy Leonard and Sheldon "Star Trek" collectibles as a friendly gesture, but Sheldon accidentally breaks Leonard's Mr. Spock; Raj's future wife.
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.
Claire recruits the family's help to declutter their home; Cameron frets over Jay's dangerous new pastime activity; Mitchell teaches Gloria how to play golf.
Claire and Phil take on a new dynamic, as Claire runs the closet business and Phil remains behind the scenes, causing Phil to get fed up with being ignored.
Phil's new client happens to be "his type" so he lies to Claire about her; Gloria believes that her yoga teacher is attracted to her and asks Claire to come.
When Claire brings home a stray dog and asks the kids to help her hide it, Phil takes her evasive behavior as a cry for attention; Gloria invites a couple over.
Claire is on high alert when she becomes convinced that there is a mole in her company before Closet-Con; Phil and Gloria confront Auntie Alice for stealing.
Manny convinces the family to join the wedding when Dede gets remarried; Jay is ecstatic that Dede is moving on for good; Claire and Mitchell work on toast.
Jay tries to give a good first impression to the new neighbors across the street and goes out of his way to do so; Manny decides to try to get a girlfriend.