Ted decrees that the family is going to spend the evening together - however, his plans change when Barney pays an unexpected call.

Ted becomes concerned about Gary's preoccupation with his girlfriends, so Gary brings home an older woman from university with the intention of shocking his father.

Ted comes home in the middle of the day and finds Dot absent. She has taken a job in a supermarket, and Ted is not impressed when he has to fetch his own breakfast on Saturday morning.

Gary wants to spend a cosy evening at home with his girlfriend. His problem is how to get Ted and Dot out of the house.

When Ted runs a slight temperature, he is convinced that he is dying. Gary resorts to some shock tactics to snap Ted out of it.

Ted is impressed with Gary's latest girlfriend - until he finds out that she is an Italian Catholic and her father barracks for Essendon.

A visit from Dot's brother Mark throws the Cook household into turmoil. Ted dislikes Mark, and Dot resorts to a devious strategy to change Ted’s attitude.