Drew Matthews

Matt and Caroline are surprised by the sudden reappearance of Matt's mother, Kelly (recurring guest star Melinda Clarke – The O.C., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation). Stefan and Elena are worried about Damon's new attitude, and Damon is asked by Sheriff Forbes (recurring guest star Marguerite MacIntyre) to take part in a fundraising bachelor auction. Alaric discovers shocking secrets from his own past. With help from Jenna and Stefan, Elena is determined to find out everything she can about her birth mother, but the truth may be more than she can handle.

Rochelle and Julius must tell Chris there will be no Christmas gifts so they can afford to replace the water heater.

House returns to the hospital after a short stint in rehab; Cuddy comes to collect on the debt of perjuring herself for House; House encounters a patient who tests positive for an STD and says she was raped recently.

A known neighborhood sex offender is the primary suspect when two young boys are reported missing; Grissom asks for the sex offender's help in catching the boys' abductor, in an attempt to extract a confession.

A tragedy takes Paul away from the office, where a case of mistaken identity gets him into trouble.