Paul Gutrecht

The gang retreats to a cabin in Vermont for the weekend, where Grace (Debra Messing) rekindles romance with an old flame (guest star David Sutcliffe) and tries to hide the fling from Will (Eric McCormack), who's pining on the eve of his would-be anniversary. Meanwhile, Karen's (Megan Mullally) culinary efforts go up in smoke, as does Jack's (Sean Hayes) attempt to cheer Will by dragging him to a gay pub, where the town barber-turned-hair stylist (guest star Tom Bosley, 'Happy Days') sidles up to him.

After they threaten an airport supervisor, Michael infiltrates a family of gunrunners in order to scare them off and the FBI is pressuring Sam to produce more intel on Michael's activities.

After a sniper's bullet kills a tow truck driver, the truck careens into Karen Stottlemeyer's car as she is making her way to work, sending her to the hospital. As Captain Stottlemeyer grapples with the possibility of losing his wife, Lieutenant Disher speculates that an ongoing local union dispute may be behind the shooting. Eager to find the person responsible for nearly killing his wife, Stottlemeyer confronts union leader Harry Bolston at a union rally. Bolston denies any wrongdoing, and Monk believes him, suspecting something just isn't right. But Stottlemeyer's clouded judgment has made him obsessed with nailing Bolston and the union.

It’s a case of bad timing as Buffy goes out searching for a job just as Andrew, Jonathan and Warren decide to “test her” in search of a weakness they can exploit.