A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution.

The crew of the deep space mining ship Nostromo are awaken from hypersleep to investigate a strange signal from a nearby planet. While investigating the signal, they discover it was intended as a warning, and not an SOS.

A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band s drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.

Six years have elapsed since Guantanemo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold s doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold s father-in-law s beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.

In Greene and Greene-Inspired Dressing Mirror, Tommy goes all the way to Pasadena, California, to find inspiration at the magnificent Gamble House--one of the most spectacular examples of the Arts and Crafts work of architects Charles and Henry Greene. Tommy works with the North Bennet Street School's Steve Brown to go over the finer points of the project, including finger joints, cloud lifts, and drawer construction.

Pie-Crust Tray, Tommy heads to the new Art of the America's wing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to meet with the department's chair, Elliot Davis, and talk about the Chippendale and Federalist-style pie-crust tables they have in their collection. Back in the shop, Tommy and his guest, fellow woodworker Eli Cleveland, use the lessons from the MFA to demystify the turning and carving techniques needed to make a pie-crust tray.

In Arts and Crafts-Style Arm Chair, Tommy creates a dramatic piece that serves as the perfect introduction to chairmaking, revealing that the legs, arms, and back are all constructed using standard mortise-and-tenon joinery. Then Tommy travels to California where he visits the home of the late, great Samuel Maloof--one of the biggest names in chairmaking--and talks with a local curator who specializes in Maloof.

In Drop-Leaf Table, Tommy builds a beautiful Shaker-style project inspired by the centuries-old drop-leaf and gate-leg tables in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Plus, Chuck Bender of The Acanthus Workshop in Pennsylvania stops by the shop as Tommy instructs viewers on the ins and outs of the always fun-to-learn finger joints.

In Serving Cart, Tommy demonstrates how to make a practical serving cart out of dramatic scrap tiger maple. This essential kitchen piece uses a basic cart form, but for the serving area, Tommy hits the road in search of the right solid surface. In Canton, Massachusetts, he visits a shop where the choices range from granite and quartz to man-made surfaces--and he explores the pros and cons of each.

In Turned Floor Lamp, Tommy has a treat for all those woodworkers who are excited about turning, demonstrating how to use a lathe and how to turn cove and bead shapes into a tall floor lamp. Then he heads to New London, New Hampshire, to visit the studios of artist Peter Bloch who turns lamp shades out of aspen. Back in the shop, Tommy is joined by his friend and fellow woodworker Al D'Attanasio.