Patrick's parents are in town for his surprise party, but the parents end up with an even bigger surprise, while Alexis drags Moira to a soap opera convention.

Carpet salesman Glen faces chaos when his estranged brother Lee turns up unexpectedly and starts to disrupt his ideal suburban life.

Allison and Deacon are desperate for a baby, but they've run out of money to fund any more IVF treatment. So they decide to 'borrow' the £50,000 they need from their rich boss Alfie, who they discover is illegally creaming off money from the company.

Jake brings home his 36-year-old girlfriend Tammy but Alan becomes concerned about her and Jake due to her job as a tattoo artist, her kids and time spent in prison.

Valentine's day is approaching and Alan wants to make it special for Lyndsey. Unfortunately, his plans go awry at the last minute. Kate is back in town and wants to meet up with Walden but can he convince her to take him back?

Christy & Bonnie spill secrets at Violet's therapy session.

Christy takes steps towards a new career.

Emailing photos of a stripper's face to his mother in Korea and claiming that she's his girlfriend seemed like a great idea to Han at the time, but then his mother decides to visit. Now he, Max, and Caroline must find the woman and convince her to play his girlfriend.

When Caroline's date doesn't show up after promising to take her to one of the city's hippest new restaurants, she and Max decide to take advantage of the ''hard to get'' reservation.

Caroline convinces Max to apply to the Manhattan School of Pastry, and Max decides on baking a tart for her entrance exam, an idea that is soon costing her considerable mental stress. Meanwhile, the girls hire Sophie's cleaning business to clean their apartment.

When Sheldon learns that the guys tampered with his expedition data he got from the arctic, he leaves to Texas in disgrace. This results in the guys following him, which threatens Leonard's hope for some romantic time with Penny and the guys' friendship with Sheldon.

Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup while Sheldon and Howard stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket.

Howard and Raj visit a Goth nightclub to pick up women while Sheldon attempts to build a better Penny using chocolate-based behavior modification.

Chandler agrees to spend Thanksgiving in a shipping crate as penance for kissing Kathy and the gang decide on Secret Santa gifts. Monica injures her eye preparing dinner & gets a shock when she goes to the eye-doctor.

Ross and Chandler are very excited about their "party wizard" college friend coming to town, until he cancels. Joanna squashes Rachel's chance of a promotion and Monica fills in as a food critic for a small newspaper.

Ross must decide whether to continue dating a girl he must travel two-and-a-half hours to see. Monica, who is being treated poorly by her new co-workers, hires Joey just so she can fire him and show who's the boss.

Phoebe considers her options when her brother & his wife ask her to carry their child. Joey works as a tour guide at Ross' museum & Chandler seeks advice when he fears he'll not live up to Kathy's sexual expectations.

Christy & Bonnie spill secrets at Violet's therapy session.

Christy meets her cute, single neighbor.

Christy takes steps towards a new career.

Emailing photos of a stripper's face to his mother in Korea and claiming that she's his girlfriend seemed like a great idea to Han at the time, but then his mother decides to visit. Now he, Max, and Caroline must find the woman and convince her to play his girlfriend.

When Caroline's date doesn't show up after promising to take her to one of the city's hippest new restaurants, she and Max decide to take advantage of the ''hard to get'' reservation.

Caroline convinces Max to apply to the Manhattan School of Pastry, and Max decides on baking a tart for her entrance exam, an idea that is soon costing her considerable mental stress. Meanwhile, the girls hire Sophie's cleaning business to clean their apartment.

When Sheldon learns that the guys tampered with his expedition data he got from the arctic, he leaves to Texas in disgrace. This results in the guys following him, which threatens Leonard's hope for some romantic time with Penny and the guys' friendship with Sheldon.

Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup while Sheldon and Howard stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket.

Howard and Raj visit a Goth nightclub to pick up women while Sheldon attempts to build a better Penny using chocolate-based behavior modification.

Chandler agrees to spend Thanksgiving in a shipping crate as penance for kissing Kathy and the gang decide on Secret Santa gifts. Monica injures her eye preparing dinner & gets a shock when she goes to the eye-doctor.

Ross and Chandler are very excited about their "party wizard" college friend coming to town, until he cancels. Joanna squashes Rachel's chance of a promotion and Monica fills in as a food critic for a small newspaper.

Ross must decide whether to continue dating a girl he must travel two-and-a-half hours to see. Monica, who is being treated poorly by her new co-workers, hires Joey just so she can fire him and show who's the boss.

Phoebe considers her options when her brother & his wife ask her to carry their child. Joey works as a tour guide at Ross' museum & Chandler seeks advice when he fears he'll not live up to Kathy's sexual expectations.

An unexpected death rocks the Plunkett family.

Bonnie acts out after the death of a loved one.

Christy takes Bonnie for help after Alvin's death.

Max wants to make a good impression on her first day of pastry school, but finds herself getting distracted by the class clown. Meanwhile, Caroline dresses to impress Max's handsome teacher.

Caroline is upset to learn her childhood nanny has passed away, and asks Max to attend the funeral with her. Whilst there, it swiftly becomes apparent that the nanny's family have absolutely no idea who Caroline is.

Romance is in the air as Caroline enjoys an incredible make-out session with Max's pastry school teacher, Chef Nicholas. All is going blissfully well, until Caroline finds out something that makes her wish that ''the kiss'' had never happened.

Raj must find a new job or be sent back to India, but Sheldon has a solution, which leaves Leonard and Penny dealing with Howard as a third wheel.

After overhearing that Wil Wheaton is entering a trading-card competition, Sheldon decides to enter it himself. Meanwhile, Penny sets up one of her friends on a date with Wolowitz.

Sheldon becomes Leonard's teacher in order to understand football, while an incident with flying a kite threatens Howard and Raj's friendship.

Joey and Chandler guess all the items in Monica and Rachel's bag which starts a competition between the boys and the girls, a question-answer game created by Ross. Phoebe goes to the doctor for the embryo implants.

Chandler can't deal with Kathy simulating sex, half-naked, in a play, with a handsome man. After Rachel is demoted to personal shopper she's in a hard place upon discovering she likes a customer who won't ask her out.

After a three-day fishing trip Joey's in a jam when he doesn't have time to take a shower before getting to a movie set. Rachel sets Ross up with her boss's niece & the girls take a despondent Chandler to a strip club.

Ross takes on a rugby challenge from some old friends of Emily's from England in order to impress Emily. Meanwhile, Chandler runs into Janice and tries to avoid restarting his relationship with her.

Surprises are in store for Dan when the Wheelers return to court after more than 30 years. Abby seeks a psychic in hopes of ending an argument she had with her late father.

When Jim embellishes his yoga abilities to impress a woman, Julia must step in to save him from looking like a fool.

Walden attends a singles mixer with friends from high school and runs into Bridget. Alan gets worried when they begin talking about getting back together.

Alan accidentally starts a fire in the kitchen while making toast, resulting in a power outage and embarrassing Walden in front of his date. Alan tries to make it up to Walden but ends up moving out and moving in with a lonely Herb.

Johnny fills in for Moira at the annual Mayor's Roast, as David distracts Moira from finding out that Stevie and Patrick have been taking private dance lessons.

Max wants to make a good impression on her first day of pastry school, but finds herself getting distracted by the class clown. Meanwhile, Caroline dresses to impress Max's handsome teacher.

Caroline is upset to learn her childhood nanny has passed away, and asks Max to attend the funeral with her. Whilst there, it swiftly becomes apparent that the nanny's family have absolutely no idea who Caroline is.