Juicy guest casting and ingenious plotting enliven an hourlong episode that airs in the plum post-Super Bowl slot. One storyline unfolds at Hal's company picnic, where Lois clashes with a blabby wife (Susan Sarandon) and her beleaguered spouse (Kaczm... (more)arek's real-life husband, Bradley Whitford); and Hal runs afoul of his new boss (Stephen Root) and the big cheese (Patrick Warburton). In Alaska, Francis's scheme to win a bet involves rigging a hockey game that pits loggers vs. a fearsome women's squad led by a blowhard coach (Terry Bradshaw).

Susan Sarandon, Aaron Hill, Bradley Whitford, Christina Ricci, Earvin Magic Johnson Jr., Heidi Klum, Howie Long, Joey Hiott, Lauren Storm, Michael Kostroff, Nicholas E. Barb, Patrick Warburton, Stephen Root, Susan Sarandon, Terry Bradshaw, Tom Green