It is the night before Christmas, and Sam (Scott Bakula) is working for Michael Blake, one of the richest men in the country, and he re-enacts Dickens' "Scrooge" to remind his boss that there is more to life than material wealth, before a Salvation Army mission for the poor and destitute is demolished to make room for Blake Plaza.

Jessica attends a political fundraiser with her friend Drew (Mike Farrell), but the focus turns to murder when another guest's chauffeur is murdered.

Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of young Naval pilot Al Calavicci, then known as Bingo, and he must prove that he did not kill the wife of his commander.

Mikey joins a biker club and finds out it is no "easy ride" when he gets arrested.