When Tim's mother returns, she begins dating Mr. Leonard, Tim's old shop teacher, and doesn't want to spend time with Tim.

Tim and Jill see Art, Tim's old shop teacher who's dating his mother, at a restaurant with another woman.

It's Jill's turn to worry about needing glasses as she reaches middle age. Tim worries that his mother is going to lose money on another of his brother Jeff's business schemes.

Randy returns from Costa Rica for Christmas only to discover the changes that have taken place in his absence and that life has gone on without him.