Patrick Rafferty

Claire can’t seem to find the right time to fire one of her employees, while, back at home, Phil thinks he caught Luke with a girl in his bed, and no one seems to notice that Alex has moved back home for the summer. Jay refuses to accept that it might be harder to reenter the workforce than he thought, and Cameron and Mitch butt heads on how to share time with Lily now that Cameron took a summer job in Kansas City.

Leslie (Amy Poehler), Ben (Adam Scott) and Chris (Rob Lowe) visit Eagleton to discuss financial matters with city councilor Ingrid de Forest (guest star Kristen Bell).

A boot-camp trainee and his drill sergeant exhibit the same peculiar symptoms; an indecent photo of Chase is posted online; House helps prepare Rachel for enrollment at a prestigious preschool.

Frasier begins a new career at the university, determined to be taken seriously as an academic but finds that a nearly twenty year stint as a daytime talk show host is not easy to escape.

When George wins an all expenses paid trip to Atlantic City, he enlists Noah, Fred, Tom and Alex, and it turns into a getaway with the guys. During their trip they run into Steven Royce (who is supposed to be in Singapore), and they help Fred cope with his gambling problem. Meanwhile Tessa tries to get some alone time with Scott Strauss.

A moment of weakness with his uncomfortably enthusiastic neighbors leads Chris (Will Arnett) to agree to host a joint first birthday party for Amy, and Reagan (Christina Applegate) to accuse him of being a pushover. Ava (Maya Rudolph) takes it upon herself to take the birthday party to the next level, while Nancy (guest star Molly Shannon) sees this as an opportunity to look for a man. Jennifer Hall also stars.