Tonight (May 18), however, the series is devoted to closing its current third season with not just one, but two episodes. The first, “House Money,” airs at the special time of 8pm ET and the second, “Sexy Toy Story,” follows in Engagement’s regular time slot of 9:30pm ET.

During “House Money,” Audrey persuades Jeff to do something fun together with the profit he made from selling his car. Unfortunately, she soon regrets that grand idea after their extravagant night proves more costly than they expected.

Then, on the finale proper “Sexy Toy Story,” Jeff wonders if he and Audrey are lacking something in their relationship after Jennifer hosts a party. I’m thinking the episode’s title totally gives away the theme of that last event, as well as what Jeff probably hopes he and his wife can introduce to make their personal life more “complete.”

A sneak peek for each episode and one promo for the double broadcast follow the jump.

Rules of Engagement airs Mondays on CBS at 9:30pm ET.

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Now that JEFF and AUDREY have decided to start a family, it’s important for everything to be in order, like their life insurance. It’s time for Jeff’s annual physical, which he’s not too concerned about because he thinks he still weighs the same amount he did in college. If true, that makes him an optimal male in the insurance’s three way system of overweight male, average male, and optimal male.

Audrey bursts Jeff’s bubble, however, by telling him he’s been using the happy scale that’s set ten pounds lower. According to their bitchy scale in the closet, Jeff is really just an average male, a designation he’s determined to shake by losing ten pounds over one weekend. He thinks it will be easy, too, because he lost weight rapidly all the time in school for wrestling purposes.

Later, ADAM bumps into his ex-girlfriend STACY (Guest Star Valerie Azlynn) while he, JENNIFER, and Audrey are out running errands. To Audrey’s astonishment, Jennifer doesn’t protest when the two leave to have coffee alone. Jennifer claims she can’t say no to such requests because Adam was raised by hippies, leaving him with no sense of boundaries.

In other words, he has no problem remaining close friends with exes, and he doesn’t care if Jennifer is friends with hers either. In fact, Jennifer returns home to discover that Adam has offered to let Stacy stay with them because her hotel lost her reservation and doesn’t have another room available.

Jennifer gets to put Adam’s perspective to the test when she invites her self-involved ex-lover DRAKE (Guest Star Teddy Sears) to the Gentle Embrace Society charity function that RUSSELL, desperate to fill eight seats at a table so he can get on the organization’s board and nail a high-class socialite member named CLARISSA (Guest Star Josie Davis), invites them all to attend.

Adam and Drake seem to hit it off, although Adam admits to Jennifer later that for the first time ever in a relationship, he feels jealous that his significant other used to be with another guy. He’s even prepared to ask Stacy to leave, which becomes unnecessary when she hooks up with Russell, whose chances with the socialite are dashed by Audrey.

She gets revenge on him for making fun of her Midwestern background by volunteering him to give a speech about the charity, knowing full well that he doesn’t know or care what it’s for. So, he embarrasses himself on the podium when he misidentifies the group’s focus, which is literacy, as leprosy.

Meanwhile, after a night spent successfully avoiding the food at the charity event, Jeff turns up at a Bar Mitzvah, where he destroys his chances of being an optimal when he downs seven hot dogs. Thankfully for him, Audrey doesn’t care in the least.

RESOURCES

• Rules of Engagement Episode Guide
• Rules of Engagement Website

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How I Met Your Mother: Lewd Barney breaks the so-called “Bro Code” on The Goat and must face the dire consequences of his trespass. [8:30pm EST]

Two and a Half Men: Alan and Charlie prepare for their mother’s upcoming wedding in very different ways on Look at Me, Mommy, I’m Pretty. Plus, Robert Wagner and Jenny McCarthy return to guest star. [9pm EST]

Rules of Engagement: Adam’s ex makes Jennifer jealous and Jeff resolves to lose some flab for insurance purposes on Optimal Male. [9:30pm EST]

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Audrey and Jeff have got things going on, too, especially in the bedroom after a gift gets Jeff all excited in more ways than one.

Rules of Engagement airs Mondays on CBS at 9:30pm EST.

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“Time Share” revolves around a trip that Adam, Jennifer, Jeff, and Audrey plan together. Sounds nice, right? That is, until Adam and Jennifer discover the older couple’s ulterior motive for wanting them to come along.

Rules of Engagement airs Mondays on CBS at 9:30pm EST.

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Both series were notably absent from the network’s initial announcements pending the end of the writers strike indicating which shows would get the go ahead to resume production. Variety reports, however, that CBS has now asked the relevant production companies to begin shooting additional episodes to air this spring.

It’s not currently known exactly how many more episodes of Rules we will see, but at least two more installments of Christine will get added to the eight already in the can (two of which have aired).

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Here’s what’s getting replayed tonight.

CBS

• 8pm—How I Met Your Mother: Wait for It…
  Ted and Barney party hearty when Ted gets jealous of Robin’s new Argentinean beau (Guest Star Enrique Iglesias).
  [Original Air Date: 1 Oct 2007]
• 8:30pm—The Big Bang Theory: The Dumpling Paradox
  Of course, Penny would love to be on the guys’ Halo team. Why wouldn’t she?
  [Original Air Date: 5 Nov 2007]
• 9pm—Two and a Half Men: Tight’s Good
  Scary Movie 3’s Jenny McCarthy guest stars, so guess which brother has a thing for her, even if she might be his stepsister soon.
  [Original Air Date: 19 Nov 2007]
• 9:30pm—Rules of Engagement: Engagement Party
  Russell is very ready and very willing to strike up a relationship the minute Audrey’s sister Barbara (Guest Star Heather Locklear) decides to get a divorce.
  [Original Air Date: 5 Nov 2007]

The CW

• 8pm—Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy
  Chris unleashes a fake serial-killer story on his unsuspecting neighborhood.
  [Original Air Date: 5 Nov 2007]
• 8:30pm—Aliens in America: Homecoming
  Justin and Raja have a falling out over the school’s Homecoming float.
  [Original Air Date: 5 Nov 2007]
• 9pm—Girlfriends: Spree to Be Free
  To help Maya deal with losing her baby, Joan takes her shopping.
  [Original Air Date: 5 Nov 2007]
• 9:30pm—The Game: Parental Guidance Suggested
  Melanie has to move and admit unflattering details about her relationship with Trey.
  [Original Air Date: 5 Nov 2007]

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Now on with tonight’s comedy repeats.

CBS

• 8pm—How I Met Your Mother: We’re Not From Here
  Jealous of Robin’s new Argentinean man (guest star Enrique Iglesias), Barney and Ted pretend to be from out-of-town, too. [Original Air Date: 1 Oct 2007]
• 8:30pm—The Big Bang Theory: The Big Bran Hypothesis
  Leonard attempts to impress Penny but unwisely asks Sheldon for help. [Original Air Date: 1 Oct 2007]
• 9pm—Two and a Half Men: Media Room Slash Dungeon
  Janeane Garofalo guest stars as Alan’s latest lover. [Original Air Date: 1 Oct 2007]
• 9:30pm—Rules of Engagement: Mr. Fix-It
  Jeff tries to fix Audrey’s problem with a neighbor but makes it worse instead. [Original Air Date: 8 Oct 2007]

The CW

• 8pm—Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Bachelor Pad
  Guest star Ernest Thomas minds Chris while the rest of the family suffers from the flu. [Original Air Date: 29 Oct 2007]
• 8:30pm—Aliens in America: Help Wanted
  When Raja gets a job at a local store, Justin and his friends turn it into their new hangout. [Original Air Date: 29 Oct 2007]
• 9pm—Girlfriends: Good Grief
  Maya and Darnell must come to terms with her miscarriage. [Original Air Date: 29 Oct 2007]
• 9:30pm—The Game: Fool Me Twice … I’m the Damn Fool
  Derwin surprises Melanie by proposing. [Original Air Date: 29 Oct 2007]

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CBS

• 8pm—How I Met Your Mother: Columns
  Uh-oh! Marshall once posed nude for a painting, and when his buddies find out, they’ll never let him forget. Plus, hilarious Malcolm in the Middle daddy Bryan Cranston guest stars as an employee from hell. [Original Air Date: 22 Jan 2007]
• 8:30pm—The Big Bang Theory: Pilot
  See where it all began again. [Original Air Date: 24 Sep 2007]
• 9pm—Two and a Half Men: That’s Summer Sausage, Not Salami
  Charlie hooks Alan up with new neighbor Brooke Shields. [Original Air Date: 5 Feb 2007]
• 9:30pm—Rules of Engagement: Hard Day’s Night
  Jeff likes Jennifer’s massages a bit too much, hence the title. Get it? [Original Air Date: 12 Mar 2007]

The CW

• 8pm—Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Blackie
  Chris gets a dog and his siblings get no TV. [Original Air Date: 22 Oct 2007]
• 8:30pm—Aliens in America: The Metamorphosis
  Raja becomes an outcast when he convinces the school’s resident hot chick to tone down her slutty attire. [Original Air Date: 22 Oct 2007]
• 9pm—Girlfriends: Losing It
  Writer’s block, pregnancy pains, and rental issues plague the girls. [Original Air Date: 22 Oct 2007]
• 9:30pm—The Game: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
  Kelly’s brother, fresh out of rehab, visits. [Original Air Date: 22 Oct 2007]

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CBS

• 8pm—How I Met Your Mother: How Lily Stole Christmas
  Ted and Lily show their anti-Christmas spirit by duking it out, verbally, of course. [Original Air Date: 20 Dec 2006]
• 8:30pm—The Big Bang Theory: The Middle Earth Paradigm
  How un-seasonal—Penny throws a Halloween party. [Original Air Date: 29 Oct 2007]
• 9pm—Two and a Half Men: My Damn Stalker
  Alan gets big-time payback when his online date fibs in her profile, just like he did. [Original Air Date: 12 Feb 2007]
• 9:30pm—Rules of Engagement: Jeff’s Wooby
  Jeff loves the quilt that Audrey makes him just a bit too much. [Original Air Date: 19 Mar 2007]

The CW

• 8pm—Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Driving
  Chris gets sent to traffic court after driving his dad’s car. [Original Air Date: 15 Oct 2007]
• 8:30pm—Aliens in America: Rocket Club
  Once again, everyone gets the mistaken impression that Raja is a terrorist. [Original Air Date: 15 Oct 2007]
• 9pm—Girlfriends: Where Did Lynn-digo?
  Lynn has conflicting music gigs. [Original Air Date: 15 Oct 2007]
• 9:30pm—The Game: Tasha, Renee and Malik the Cliché
  Malik seeks advice from Melanie when his girl refuses to give it up because he lives with his mother (Sounds like a good enough reason to me). [Original Air Date: 15 Oct 2007]

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