Caine runs for City Council to stop a developer frm evicting tenants. Meanwhile, Peter takes the lieutenant's test: a passing grade would mean a transfer.
Hayden is tempted by an offer to coach a professional team, but fears that its eccentric owner would make all the big decisions herself.
Roseanne has a bee in her bonnet over the possibility that David may like another girl better than Darlene -- who risks losing him if she doesn't take her mom's advice and act fast.
Sheridan is shocked to learn that one of the crew of the Icarus, a science ship that exploded with his wife aboard, is alive - namely Mr. Morden. A representative of the Ministry of Peace comes to the station to recruit personnel to the Nightwatch.
Marlon may learn the real meaning of the expression "love hurts" after he becomes involved with the wife of a hit man.
When Helen discovers that she and Antonio are still married (by finding papers under her cash register), she turns to Roy for help. He convinces her she needs to fly to Mexico over the weekend to get a quickie divorce, but that means sending Joe out of town on a weekend fly fishing trip. But Helen's plan are strained when Antonio brings in a priest for an annulment and Joe's flight is delayed.
Al tells Tim and Jill that one of their boys may have stolen a pocket knife. They don't believe their boys would steal, but they find the knife in Mark's pocket in the laundry.
Kimberly helps the Rangers' ancestors morph into "Wild West Rangers" to fight the Needle Nose monster and save the world.
Frasier's tough-as-nails agent uses extreme measures to renegotiate his contract with the radio station.
Help comes from an unexpected place as Sipowicz and Simone investigate the murder of a bookie. Joyce Novak, a witness to a murder, charges Simone with sexual harassment. Meanwhile, Sylvia and Sipowicz head to religious counseling to prepare for their upcoming nuptials.
Dave's old girlfriend Nancy visits, still under the impression that she and Dave are an item. Meanwhile, Jimmy insists Bill interview a 'financial visionary'.
Ryu, Ken, and Chun Li visit Fei Long, who is filming a movie. The young actor picks Ken as a sparring partner for his next action scene, stating that "fights have to be real". Fei Long and Ken engage in a hard battle all over the set, only to be stopped by the film director when Ken hits Fei Long in the face, worrying about the actor's wellbeing.
Jake suspects that Jess is responsible for his shooting, and is unmoved when Jess keeps Shooters open in his absence. Brooke replaces Alison's love note with a letter in which she states that long distance relationships cannot work. She also complicates Alison's efforts to get in touch with Billy. Billy proposes to Brooke along the boardwalk. Paul says that he is getting a divorce, and asks Matt to help him move out. He then stays inside the house and tells Carol that Matt is stalking him. Kimberly tries to convince everyone that Michael is stalking her, and makes Amanda believe that he vandalized her car. Kimberly trashes the beach house and scratches her own face. She calls the police, then stages a fight with Michael so that he will be arrested. When Kimberly returns to her motel room after a court hearing, a creepy man's image appears in a mirror and talks to her.
Austin persuades Jackie to continue the family tradition of visiting their mountain cabin at the beginning of the spring season. But when Jackie's car breaks down, Marion must drive them. Their plans are thrown into further turmoil by Jackie's ex-husband Milton, who brought his new young bride to the cabin for a romantic weekend.
Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.
Newspaper columnist Dave Barry deals with everyday life in the suburbs.
The arrival of Zoe's rocket-scientist boyfriend Greg launches a series of squabbles; Cybill takes off for Nevada to rescue a flighty Maryann from marriage.
Graham McVeigh, a thoroughbred ranch owner, kills his brother, and frames a local mob bookie. Then, under the guise of making good on his brother's debt, he kills the bookie as well, claiming self-defense. Mob boss Vincenzo Fortelli starts to exert pressure on McVeigh. To solve the crime Columbo must work with the gangster.