Ross has trouble with his ex-wife, who insists on leaving Ross out of their child's life; Monica goes on a manic cleaning spree to impress her parents.
Phoebe gets a big settlement after finding a severed thumb in her soda; Chandler resumes smoking; Monica is bored with her boyfriend, who her friends love.
The girls break out binoculars to peek at their neighbor across the street, a former White House advisor; Joey and Chandler take Ross to a hockey game.
Joey tricks Monica into posing as his new gal pal to attract an ex-girlfriend; Chandler has a difficult time breaking up with his annoying girlfriend, Janice.
Mitch and Cam must catch a flight in five minutes; Haley and Rainer must reevaluate their relationship in the five minutes before a birthday cake arrives.
Gloria, Claire, Haley, Alex, Lily, Luke and Manny are all committed to show their support for gender equality and the women's movement in different ways.
When Mitch and Jay separately search for a retreat from the family, they end up at the same resort; Phil and Claire struggle to enjoy the empty-nester life.
Manny's father arrives for his graduation and takes him out on a night to celebrate; the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker crew prepares for Luke and Manny's big day.
In an attempt to create long-lasting memories, Jay makes the family take their vacation on a houseboat on a lake; Mitchell comes across a former lover.
Manny is eager to avoid an emotional goodbye after Gloria and Jay help him move into his dorm room; Mitch possibly speeds up a planned renovation on accident.
Phil believes that he is about to have bad luck after he fails to successfully finish his daily superstition; Claire is determined to attend a concert.
Sheldon's family experiences difficulties while getting used to living without Sheldon when he moves to Dallas for a school that teaches gifted children.
Mary becomes concerned for Sheldon after she discovers him, Tam and Billy playing "Dungeons and Dragons," so she decides to send Sheldon to Sunday school.
Joey gets his big opening when he's hired to be Al Pacino's stunt butt; Chandler has second thoughts about a married woman who wants him to be her sex toy.
A major blackout leaves New York without power and Chandler stuck in an ATM vestibule with a Victoria's Secret model whom he desperately tries to impress.
Chandler has mixed feelings when his mom, a romance novelist, comes to New York to visit; meanwhile, Monica and Phoebe compete for the "attention" of Coma Guy.
Ross refuses to find out the sex of his baby until it's born; Chandler and Joey go shopping for a new kitchen table and come home with a Foozball table.
After Chandler accidentally sees Rachel topless after a shower, she demands to see him naked in return; no one can stand Phoebe's irritating new boyfriend.
Monica's gourmet meal is wasted on a stoned food critic that will eat anything; Ross has a date with a beautiful colleague who is interested in his monkey.
Joey falls for Phoebe's twin sister, Ursula, making Phoebe feel neglected; Chandler has trouble firing an attractive employee; Ross has parenthood doubts.
Rachel sprains her ankle when she tries to take down her Christmas lights on the balcony; Phoebe manages damage control when Ursula breaks Joey's heart.
Rachel interviews for a job as an assistant buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue; a usually docile Ross gets ugly during a poker game between the girls and guys.
Chaos ensues when Marcel escapes the apartment during Rachel's babysitting watch; Ross' attempts to woo Rachel are interrupted by the return of her ex-fiancé.
When Howard and Bernadette decide to finally get married before his NASA launch, the gang all works together to put on a decent wedding for the couple.
Raj must deal with potential loneliness with his friends being out on dates; Howard is caught in the middle of an argument between his mother and Bernadette.
Sheldon must find a way to keep a secret under wraps when he discovers that Penny is thinking about breaking up with Leonard, so he tries to intervene.
The gang gathers at Stuart's comic book store for Halloween; Leonard and Penny discover a new spark in their relationship as Leonard seduces her with science.
Sheldon's relationship with Stephen Hawking is threatened over a game of "Words with Friends"; Penny secretly enrolls herself in a class at a local college.
Howard and Raj try to solve the mystery of why Sheldon leaves every afternoon at 2:45; Leonard and Penny must deal with the jealousy in their relationship.
Rachel and Barry start dating again, despite the fact that he's now engaged to Mindy; Chandler goes nuts when a woman he likes won't return his phone calls.
Monica is determined to catch the thief that stole her credit card; Ross tries to get his monkey accepted into a zoo so that he can be with his own kind.
Claire wants to make up for her solemn mood at Jay and Gloria's wedding by throwing them a 10th anniversary party, where Phil is set to perform a magic trick.
Phil comes to the conclusion that a solo camping trip in the wild is needed to enhance his confidence; Mitchell's plan to teach Cam and Lily a lesson backfires.
The homeowners association denies Claire's request to build a shed; Pameron shares a family secret with Cam, which forces him to visit Mitch's therapist.
Gloria rallies the family to support Phil, who she rushes to the hospital so he can undergo an emergency surgery after he experiences some severe stomach pains.
Manny, Phil and Gloria search for Luke, who disappears after a night out in a sketchy neighborhood; Haley interrupts Alex during one of her college classes.