Carol Avery

Ron, Diane and Leslie attend an awards dinner, where Ron is nominated for a prestigious woodworking award. Jerry fails to invite some of his friends to his holiday party.

Eddie tries to make friends with the only other Chinese kid in school; Mitch accepts a job.

When Cattleman's Ranch gets a bad review, Louis does some digging and finds out it is from Eddie's nemesis, Phillip Goldstein.

JD realises that he and Kim are surprisingly compatible. With the baby born, Carla thinks about returning to work.

Kate does her best to break the birthday curse and make Pete's birthday fun, while Diane and Jackie shop for his gift. The lobsters are not happy about becoming dinner, and do their best to resist their fate.

Sean tries unusual methods to cure his insomnia; Christian and Kimber go into business together; Liz confronts Christian, and gives Kimber some unsolicited advice.