Faruq Tauheed

Jess goes against Nick's wishes and makes it her mission to get the loft's cantankerous landlord (guest star Jeff Kober) to like her. In doing so, she inadvertently jeopardizes their living situation and the guys are forced to admit they've made some "unofficial" changes to the apartment. Meanwhile Schmidt tries to decipher what he thinks are mixed signals from his boss Kim (guest star Gillian Vigman).

Rush revisits her first crime scene when reopening a triple homicide case at a now-condemned restaurant in a blighted part of town.

Gibbs clashes with Dr. Samantha Ryan (Jamie Lee Curtis) of the PsyOps Division when a Navy reservist is found dead from a suspected suicide; DiNozzo sees McGee's paycheck.

Terror on Cupcake Street: The kids have to build a float fast. The only have a night to drive the float to the parade. When the float breaks down in a bad neighborhood, can the kids recover and save their chance to be on TV?

Ben seeks revenge when his mother's rapist is released from prison; Lydia and Josie clash over a chainsaw; Sammy deals with his wife's betrayal.