Rob talks Laura into going to a party at Alan Brady's penthouse even though she'd rather stay home and look after their ailing five-year old.

Rob has only one day off from work and Laura is upset that Rob won't eat with her or do anything but sleep until 11am. Laura tells him he got about 7 seconds worth of sleep! (She set the clock ahead two hours!) Laura worries she is getting old (because of gray hair Rob found). In the office Rob tells Buddy and Sally the problem, but Rob has no idea what he and Laura fought over (She was crying to hard) Rob thinks over what may have made Laura cry. Rob calls her to say ""I Love You."" Laura tells Rob not to come home for an hour. (Millie ran out the hair color she use it all last week.)

Laura tries to get Thomas (her cousin) and Sally together, but when Sally arrives Thomas doesn't get to say much, Thomas likes Sally anyway!

Rob must decide whether to see his son's play over his job.

Rob and Laura Recall how they met.

Rob runs into Harrison B. Harding but Rob doesn't recall who he is. Harrison knows everything about Rob which bothers Rob greatly. So the Harrisons come to dinner, Rob thinks Harrison may be a con man. Ritchie tells Harrison where Rob's wrist watch is. Rob calls the police to report a possible robbery (it has not happened yet) So in order to find out more Rob listens with the glass up against the wall (the wrong end of it which cause Rob to get Tomato Juice in his ear.) When the police come Harrison explains he needed the watch to correct the spelling of Petrie (Harrison forgot to add the letter e.)

Laura wonders if Rob will still love her while working with a lovely TV star.

Rob wonders if Laura will go back into show business after someone is ill.

Laura wants to have quiet weekend Rob doesn't want to go because he has to care of ""Larry"" (Buddy's dog.) Ritchie doesn't like the dog because he could be eaten by the dog! Ritchie says ""This is not our system!"" Laura is mad that Rob didn't mention anything about bringing a dog home. Larry is homesick that Rob brings the dog (who is in the crib) into their bedroom to calm him. Later Buddy takes Larry home, and of course Ritchie wants a dog!

Rob gets upset because Alan gave Buddy gifts, Rob tries to add to the end of the script. Buddy doesn't like it, So Rob goes home and soon gets tired, which leads him to be sick. Rob goes to the office to try and help finish the script.

Rob trips over a toy that Ritchie to pick up he even forget the Bridge night! Rob has also asked the PTA to come to a taping of The Alan Brady Show Mrs. Billings (Eleanor Audley) president of the PTA comes by to get the 44 tickets, Rob forgot to get the tickets! Now Rob has a few tickets. Mel gives Rob 6 tickets leaving 4 the U.N. (Mel's U.N.) Rob calls home thinking his wife is on the phone and asks (Ritchie) if could speak to mom. Rob goes to say 43 can go in and 33 can't go in. Rob buy a ticket (last weeks) for 50 cents. Rob has 31 tickets and starts telling the PTA he didn't get all the tickets. Mel tells Rob there are no tickets, the PTA will be in the show!

We meet Maxwell Mel's cousin who sells jewelry and sells Rob an ugly necklace that Rob thinks Laura loves. Rob asks Laura to wear the necklace to bed (so he can see how it looks on her at night) Millie gives Laura advice on how to tell Rob she hates it. Laura finds it hard to tell Rob she hates the necklace, Rob's parents come over to look at the necklace which Rob's mom loves! Laura greatly gives to Rob's mom. Later Rob buys his wife a gift (which Laura really likes).

Rob takes Laura's advice when Laura shows Rob how to treat Sally like a lady after seeing her treated like a guy. Laura doesn't realize what trouble she causes! Rob hopes Laura's plan to get Sally a man works. Buddy & Mel talk about Sally & Rob going out to lunch leaving Buddy and Mel to believe Rob could be dating Sally behind Laura's back!

Buddy wants to leave the show to become Head Writer of The Dan Howard Show (which makes Mel happy) Mel won't release Buddy because Alan needs him, Mel helps Rob and Sally write the memo! (which says bad things about Buddy) He arrives later at the Petrie home & says he didn't get the job (Alan read Dan Howard the memo) Ritchie gets a note saying he ate his paste and that his parents should talk to him and sign the note. Rob has Laura sign the note (if Rob signed it Ritchie may get kicked out of school!) Now Rob and Sally hire someone who can top Buddy's insults! Rob asks Buddy not to make bald jokes to Mel. When Mel comes to see Rob and Sally Buddy starts making jokes about Mel and begins laughing with Buddy! Rob and Sally see that Mel has a hat on and takes it off to show Buddy, Rob & Sally that he has hair!

Ritchie asks the age old question Where Do I Come From? Rob and Laura tell the story.

Laura thinks an episode of The Alan Brady show was written about her. Rob teaches her a lesson.

Laura Millie and Jerry are watching the latest episode of The Alan Brady Show, Jerry tells everybody including the police officer who comes by to ask for tickets that show was bad. Rob takes Millie's advice (after Rob asks if everybody wants more coffee & Millie tries to Jerry to stop joking) pours hot coffee on Jerry's pants! Ritchie comes home and says Jerry got punched in the nose by Rob. Rob later tells Laura that he didn't punch Jerry in the nose. He later hears a waitress say she liked the show. Jerry tells everybody at the restaurant the show was bad (forcing Rob to hit Laura in the nose (with a fingernail!)

Laura wants to get ahead on paying taxes and tries to ask Rob about a $25 check while he is watching a boxing match and is mad because he missed the punch. Rob tries to figure out how to ask Buddy to pay him $25. Rob lies to Laura by saying Buddy paid the money back. While Jerry & Rob play chess Jerry says Rob should do a show on it to give Buddy the hint (to pay Rob back) Buddy think Rob owes him. Keep in mind the debut should have been paid 6 months ago!

The Alan Brady Show is looking for talented kids and Rob is asked to get auditions for the kids in the neighborhood. Rob is driven crazy because he only has one day off. Laura tells Mrs. Kendall to go to the producer to audition Kenneth but has Rob Laura listen first (that could take two days) Laura thinks. Mr.Mathias wants to find a friend for his son, later Martin lands the audition!

Rob and Laura find Ritchie eating breakfast and reading the paper! Rob is happy his son can read, which gives Rob an idea to test Ritchie's IQ (how smart he is) Laura calls Rob to say she heard Ritchie say a bad word. Rob wants to talk to his son about saying bad word. Ritchie has trouble understanding the difference so he goes and brings his little blackboard out with the word in question, Rob then asks Ritchie not to say the word. Sally and Buddy are working on a joke but all Rob can think of is the dirty word Ritchie said. Rob calls the Kirks to complain about the words Tommy (their son) uses. When the Kirks come over Rob and Laura learn that Mr. Kirk is a Minster!

Buddy's wife is out of town and sleeps at the office because he is lonely, Rob invites Buddy to at Rob's place. Buddy begins to drive Rob Laura crazy by putting Larry to sleep with the Cello. The next morning Rob finds the newspaper ripped as well as the mail (Larry is trained to bring both in) Buddy makes breakfast in the same pan she made Liver & Bananas and Laura takes 3 hours cleaning off the walls. Sally says Pickles is back! Laura and Rob can't get used to the quiet!

Rob is Father of The Week Ritchie doesn't want his dad there, because Rob won't be able to show anything on how to write comedy. Rob think he will get an award, but he has to speak to kids for 30 minutes. Rob finds that explaining comedy to little kids is going to be hard! Mrs. Given doesn't makes things easier when she keeps talking about a parent (who was a jet airline pilot) Rob tries to answer why people are made to laugh, He does movements to have the kids figure out what he doing.

Rob & Laura find Sally at the door to introduce them to Randy Twizzle (Sally found him at the bowling alley.) They learn how to Twizzle at the bowling alley along with the staff of the show! Mel tells Randy he can do the dance on the show! Laura sets the table but can't stop doing the Twizzle. Sally and Buddy have dinner with Rob and learn that Randy may not do the show because an agent talked to him but Randy's dad wants Randy to do something like a song along with the Twizzle. Randy was worried he worried that he worried that he would be known for the Twizzle.

with Marla. Rob looks at Marla as she answers questions and forgets he is the foreman. He tries to make Marla feel comfortable (by picking up her cloth) Laura grills Rob at home about the way he looked at Marla (making Rob really uncomfortable) The Jury spends 11 hours trying decide the fate of the defendant.

Rob and Laura take Ritchie off to bed for asking Sally if should every marry. Rob, Buddy, and Laura don't want Sally to be alone on her birthday. Mel tell Sally a man dropped by but doesn't leave note or phone number. Laura calls Sally to see how she is, and gets a visit from Leo Fassbinder. Leo tells Sally her name was on his list to talk about getting insurance. Sally wants to be by herself. Leo comes back to clear things up.

Rob's brother Stacey Petrie arrives at the house, Rob wants Stacey to stay in a hotel because of a secret Rob's brother is a sleep walker ( which means that he can only do things when he is asleep) He may have trouble finding a job after leaving the Army. Mel & Sally meet Stacey (sleep of course) He later lands a job on The Alan Brady Show!

Rob tells Jerry that Stacey sleep walks, there is one problem Stacey needs to be awake to audition for Alan Brady. Rob plans a party for Stacey to see if he will make it on the show. Will Alan be there? Mel is asked to go to Rob's house but Alan will need to give up his poker game.

Buddy believes the American male is on the decline (thanks to an article he read) and feels the days when woman were told by men exactly what to do. Rob is then told bring in the laundry and check on Ritchie. Rob has dream that Ritchie works at the factory and Laura is the washer woman. Rob is very happy to things for Laura.

Rob is having dinner with Mr. Bermont there is a problem Sol Pomeroy shows up unannounced Rob tries to tell Sol that the dinner for four people (Sol invites more people to even up the dinner party instead of leaving) Rob finds his boss rather odd because he doesn't eat before a meal or drink. Sol calls Rob's boss a sucker, Laura and has to figure out how to feed six people, Mr. Bermont comes in hurt after hitting his head on the car.

Laura meets Happy Spangler who guesses who she is married to. Rob got his first job from Happy. Rob offers Happy a job to help Buddy and Sally write the show but doesn't feel he can do it. The gang quickly gets tired of Happy. Rob has to let him go because Happy can't come up with a joke.