Will (Eric McCormack) expects two friends to arrive in New York to plan a wedding, but when the bride-to-be falls ill, he asks a willing Grace (Debra Messing) to work with the clueless groom (guest star Steven Shenbaum) to work out the details - but she gets a little too involved in the dreamy details and fancies herself a bride instead. Meanwhile, Will and Karen (Megan Mullally) get chummy over a steamy potboiler book that they're both reading which leaves a jealous Jack (Sean Hayes) fuming as the odd man out in the book-of-the-month club.
Fran helps an aspiring actress find a job at her favorite beauty salon.
Jerry is aggravated when a woman uses him as a subject for her show; Elaine doesn't understand a cartoon.
Kimberly brings Michael home from the hospital. Sydney convinces Matt to visit her in prison, and tells him that Kimberly is setting her up. Sydney's father flies in from Chicago, but enrages his daughter by suggesting she seek a plea bargain.
Rikki commits acts of vandalism against Jo, Jane and Jake, who believe that Syd is responsible for the crimes. The isolated Sydney is forced to turn to Martin's cult for comfort.