Buddy is nervous when his shy sister, with whom he is not very close to, comes to visit from California. When she all of a sudden becomes the life of the party, it is quickly found out that alcohol abuse is to blame.

Charles's girlfriend gets him a job at the local paper filling in for the vacationing advice columnist. One of the first letter writers he has to give advice to appears to be Sarah, and the problem she wants advice for sounds quite racy.

When Charles is unsure about what to major in, he gets a visit from his uncle from Brooklyn who tries to get him to quit school, leave the Powells and join the pickle business.