Episode 5 – The Rhodes Not Taken
A new face stirs things up for New Directions when April Rhodes (guest star Kristin Chenoweth) lends her voice to the show.
A new face stirs things up for New Directions when April Rhodes (guest star Kristin Chenoweth) lends her voice to the show.
When a woman’s body is found stuffed inside a suitcase, police believe the victim, Mindy Keefe, was on her way to Tampa when she was killed. Stabler and Benson turn to Keefe’s boyfriend, Owen Cassidy, who claims he was on his boat during the time of the murder. Further investigation leads the detectives to an online dating website, but when the CEO of the site is uncooperative, the detectives go to ADA Sonya Paxton for help.
As Kat gathers the courage to break free from her unhealthy marriage to Raymond, Roxie tries to protect her daughter from a hounding ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, Joanna and Penny attempts to uncover the truth behind Darryl Van Horne’s identity by seeking the help of a town recluse.
Dixon and Sasha continue their whirlwind romance by driving to Napa for the weekend, but on the return trip a flat tire leads to a trunk of porn and a bunch of lies. Annie’s confident attitude quickly disappears when she realizes that Jasper, the nephew of the man she hit on prom night, is a student at West Beverly. Navid continues to run the Blaze News and assigns Silver and Gia to interview Jasper for a news piece about his uncle. Things get steamy when Adrianna confides in Teddy , resulting in Adrianna and Navid finally spending the night together. Liam finally finds a way to get revenge on Jen and reveal the truth to Naomi about their night together at prom.
It’s a face-off between Chuck and Blair when they both want to bid on the same item at Sotheby’s. Meanwhile, Serena suspects that Carter may have return to his old habits, while Georgina takes an interest in Dan, and Vanessa suspect something is not right with Scott.
It’s time for a funeral for one of theirs, and Nathan comes home for the funeral. Dan shows up to pay his respects, while Nathan, Haley and Jamie pay respect to another grave that lies there. Quinn wants to have fun at Tric, and meet a new guy. Mouth gets another job offer, this time located in New York, while Julian gets hit by a model.
Peter deals with repercussions from his heroic acts and meets a new woman with abilities (Deanne Bray); Claire deals with the unveiling of her secret; Samuel goes to great lengths to retrieve memories of his brother; and Matt battles inner demons as Sylar reappears.
Sheldon and Howard wager comic books over a cricket’s species. Meanwhile, a less-than-perfect romantic night agonizes Leonard and Penny.
House returns home to Princeton where he continues to focus on his recovery, but surprises Cuddy with the news that he’s making a big change in his life. Meanwhile, the team is unable to diagnose a loud-mouthed video game creator who posts each new symptom on the internet and opts for treatments suggested by the online community rather than by the doctors, and Foreman angles for House’s job, but the pressure to solve the case creates tension in his relationship with Thirteen.
Ted realizes his blind date is the same girl he had a blind date with seven years prior. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang discover a Lily look-alike at a strip club.