A newswriters' strike leaves Mary struggling to write copy in Murray's place and Lou stuttering to deliver it on camera.
Lou and his wife Edie are having marital problems, so Mary steps in to help patch things up.
A gang takes Stone hostage in exchange for its jailed leader; guest Brian Tochi.
The gang tries to raise money to save Frank's annual Pizza Bowl dinner for less-fortunate men.
The nuns support a shady politician in a case of mistaken identities, after believing that their benefactor is really a scam artist.