Diane becomes upset when Sam tries to hit on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair. Sam would like to move on from Diane, but she doesn't want him to.
While staying in an opulent hotel courtesy of Grady's fraternity brother Gary, Jessica becomes embroiled in a fight to clear Grady of a woman's murder that is tied to Gary's past.
When Will comes down with tonsillitis, his family book him into hospital for surgery. He meets an 80-year-old stand-up comic whose jokes about death make Will so nervous that he decides to escape. Plus, Geoffrey's pending book worries the Banks family.
Will selects Carlton as his partner for a television game show.
Clark's true identity is in jeopardy when he is forced to save friends who are taken hostage when terrorists invade the Daily Planet.