Jim tries to encourage Bud to take after him in salesmanship.

Jim comes home tired one day and is harangued by the kids. So, he and Margaret set up new rules to give him some time to relax—but it ends up backfiring.

Bud loses a job to a boy who fakes his resume, which leads him to believe it is alright to do this himself

Margaret is forced to invite a woman who makes her uncomfortable because she is Jim's friend's wife.

Bud learns that the girl he likes is dating his best friend.

Kathy gets a new magic set, from a trade with a friend, and becomes convinced she can truly wield magic.

Betty has recently taken up tennis at school and is chosen for a photo shoot for the paper. This causes friction between her and her doubles partner, Eula, who is the team’s best player.

Bud is accused of cheating because he is suddenly getting high grades in class.

After commenting on a sitcom (“Father Does It Again”) the family watches together one night, Jim speaks about how TV fathers are often portrayed as dumb in comparison with their families. Later, he plans on going hunting and starts believing that Margaret and the kids are secretly trying to get him to stay.

Margaret has a premonition of danger for Jim’s upcoming business trip, and tries to get Jim to postpone it. But Jim believes it’s a bunch of superstitious nonsense, and insists on going anyway.

Bud gets in trouble when his latest friend turns out to be a kleptomaniac.

Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort from his family, but is quickly disillusioned when they all are too absorbed in their own interests and tasks to pay attention to him. This just makes his mood more sour and he declares at dinner that if he must, he will become a tyrant. This leads to unwelcome consequences.

Jim has a bet with Betty and Margaret concerning human nature, integrity and the man painting their house—Mr. Everett.