Max tries to pass off her cupcakes as kosher when she and Caroline serve them at a boy's Bar Mitzvah.

Abby tries to get the court featured on a popular podcast, but the host only has eyes for Dan, who soon learns that being the center of attention can have its downsides.

When Abby's fiancé, Rand, learns she's struggling to connect with Olivia, he encourages Abby to embrace a side of herself she rarely shows.

Alan starts working for Evelyn whilst Charlie tries to close the rift between Chelsea and Jake.

Public humiliation in the form of Charlie and Alan bickering at an ice cream parlour has learner driver Jake refusing to stay at the beach house anymore.

Alan denies having shoplifted a toy as a child and fears he has a dark side, until Charlie admits he planted the toy on Alan to stay out of trouble himself.

Charlie and Alan hire Berta's sister to cater a party their mother has conned them into throwing for her.

Alan meets a woman named Nancy at a grocery store, who fulfils every single one of his desires, forcing Charlie to take care of Jake. After knowing Nancy for a few days Alan decides to ask her to marry him, prompting Charlie to try and talk him out of it.

Mike helps Brick make friends at their street's block party.

Axl accidentally breaks the front door... and has to fix it.

A social worker visits the Heck household.

Sheldon applies for a one-way mission to colonise Mars.

A final family dinner is held for Mrs. Wolowitz.

Sheldon and Leonard try to sneak onto Skywalker Ranch.

Monica considers a dream job in Pete's new restaurant. Joey and Chandler adopt a baby chick and a duck and Ross misses a panel for the Discovery Channel to help Rachel, who may have a broken rib.

At the premiere of Joey's big play, Ross alone concludes Rachel's date is insane. Joey falls in love with Kate but she gets a big job in Los Angeles and poor Phoebe is on hold for days with a company she needs to talk.

Afflicted with a mysterious skin condition on his butt, Ross seeks advice from Phoebe's herbalist. Phoebe can't choose between dating a fireman or a schoolteacher and Monica can't decide what to do about Pete.

Monica must decide her future with Pete when he won't give up on competing in an Ultimate Fight. Chandler has a problem with his new slaphappy boss and Phoebe sets Ross up on a date with a woman who used to be bald.

Charlie and Alan hire Berta's sister to cater a party their mother has conned them into throwing for her.

Alan meets a woman named Nancy at a grocery store, who fulfils every single one of his desires, forcing Charlie to take care of Jake. After knowing Nancy for a few days Alan decides to ask her to marry him, prompting Charlie to try and talk him out of it.

Mike helps Brick make friends at their street's block party.

Axl accidentally breaks the front door... and has to fix it.

A social worker visits the Heck household.

Sheldon applies for a one-way mission to colonise Mars.

A final family dinner is held for Mrs. Wolowitz.

Sheldon and Leonard try to sneak onto Skywalker Ranch.

Monica considers a dream job in Pete's new restaurant. Joey and Chandler adopt a baby chick and a duck and Ross misses a panel for the Discovery Channel to help Rachel, who may have a broken rib.

At the premiere of Joey's big play, Ross alone concludes Rachel's date is insane. Joey falls in love with Kate but she gets a big job in Los Angeles and poor Phoebe is on hold for days with a company she needs to talk.

Afflicted with a mysterious skin condition on his butt, Ross seeks advice from Phoebe's herbalist. Phoebe can't choose between dating a fireman or a schoolteacher and Monica can't decide what to do about Pete.

Monica must decide her future with Pete when he won't give up on competing in an Ultimate Fight. Chandler has a problem with his new slaphappy boss and Phoebe sets Ross up on a date with a woman who used to be bald.

When Charlie leaves the house to avoid a date that he can't stand, he ends up at a coffee shop where he meets his old girlfriend Lisa, and finds out that she broke up with her husband. Now he must try to convince Lisa that he's okay with her having a child.

Charlie tries to get Jake's approval on a theme song that he is hired to write for a television show, which is based on a comic book that Jake is a fan of. Alan finds out more about Rose, including how smart she is, when he spends more time with her.

After getting unusually turned down at a bar, Charlie learns that a website has been made dedicated to exposing his lifestyle. Charlie sets out to find who created the site, making amends to all those he stood up along the way.

Frankie's perfect Thanksgiving turns into a nightmare.

Frankie vows to make her kids stop fighting.

Mike organises the Heck family Christmas.

Wolowitz meets the half-brother he never knew he had.

Penny contemplates a return to acting.

Raj's father cuts him off from the family fortune.

At the beach, Phoebe meets a family friend with links to her past; Ross discovers Rachel still loves him; strip poker leaves Joey naked; Chandler wonders why Monica doesn't think he's serious when he asks her out.

Ross chooses between Rachel and his girlfriend Bonnie. Phoebe struggles with the revelation of her mother's friend being her real mother. Monica gets stung by a jellyfish, forcing Chandler and Joey to relieve her pain.

Phoebe believes her adoptive mother's spirit resides in a cat that jumped into her guitar case in Central Perk. Monica goes on a date with Rachel's hunky high-school boyfriend and Joey takes stupidity to a new level.

Monica caters a party for her mother who still doesn't know how to talk to her daughter. Chandler's encounter with Rachel's boss leads to an embarrassing situation and an encyclopaedia salesman takes advantage of Joey.

Glen and Lee begin the search for their missing father amidst personal mayhem.

Kirsty faces her blackmailer, while Lee and Glen follow up a lead on their dad.

Alan's advice to Chelsea to get breast-reduction surgery is not met with enthusiasm by Charlie, who kicks him out. However, staying with Evelyn has its own challenges.

Having set a wedding date with Chelsea, Charlie and Alan go to a bar only to awaken in the morning to find themselves in bed with a stranger.

Max joins Caroline on a trip to visit her father in prison.