When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house by watching his television and eating all his food, he decides that if they live in his house, Griffin and Erica will have to live by his rules.

When Ruth's snobbish sister-in-law Debra throws an engagement party for her daughter, Hilton and Ruth try to steal some of Debra's thunder by arranging for Erica to bring a handsome date to the party, but they get some unexpected results.

When Griffin tries to back out of a lucrative out-of-state concert gig because of a flying phobia, Hilton vows that he will get Griffin on the plane no matter what it takes.

A wealthy man Hilton once helped at the airport bequeaths him a boat. Despite Ruth's insistence that he doesn't have the stamina or the money to support a boating hobby, Hilton persists.

While at work at the Coffee Shop, Hilton meets Rob Burnett and Paul Shaffer from the "Late Show with David Letterman". Hilton then inquires about being booked as a guest on the Late Show.

Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about writing something "real," she turns out a thinly-disguised comedy about the Lucas family.

It's April 15th and Hilton hasn't even started working on his taxes, a fact he wants to make sure Ruth doesn't discover.

Erica and her girlfriends, unable to find "Mr. Right," take Ruth's advice about changing their dating habits and set out on "The Great American Manhunt."

When Ruth and Hilton have a major fight, they assess the changes in their lives.

The Lucases play Cupid for smitten Griffin.

Ruth has been elected the first woman president of the Astoria Businessmen's Roundtable, which automatically makes Hilton the head of the women's auxiliary.