A malfunction of the TeleViewer causes Elroy to discover a robbery plot by "The Gripfather" (a take on "The Godfather"), and George ends up trapped in the middle of it.

The annual father/daughter dance means embarrassment for Judy so she fakes the 48 hour flu. Still Jane promises that this year will not be the disgrace from last year because dad is taking dancing lessons. Using a super sniffer the kids try to find their father to peek at one of his lessons.

Spacely convinces all his employees to take an aptitude test and makes sure George scores the lowest. But when Judy, Elroy and Astro alter his father's score to be higher than everyone else's, George is given charge of Spacely's plant for the day when his boss is forced to take an impromptu vacation. Upon discovering that George is in charge of Spacely's plant, Cogswell makes plans to destroy Spacely Space Sprockets once and for all and attempts to ensure that George takes the fall.