Cedric Pendleton

After a particularly spectacular basketball game, Lucas quickly supplants Nathan as the team's most popular player.

Mac, Danny and Det. Flack are puzzled when they are called to a crime scene and find an ark in the murder victim's backyard full of people, live animals and rations. During interrogation, the passengers' stories confirm that they believed that the apocalypse was upon them and the victim had promised them salvation. Meanwhile, Stella and Sheldon investigate the death of a man who led anti-smoking protests and caught on fire while wearing a giant cigarette suit. (TV-14)

Nick represents James' nephew Levi after he gets jumped in the school kitchen and refuses to uphold the student honor code by revealing which gang members are liable.

In an attempt to combat declining business, Nick leads the charge in hiring Clay Simms, a criminal defense attorney, much to the chagrin of Jake, his former classmate.

When a Jewish jewelry-store owner is murdered, the detectives focus their investigation on two suspects: a Caucasian man who converted to Islam, and a rap star whose expensive jewelry turned out to be fake.