Aretha stuns Della with a request to go to school, prompting memories from Della and Grampy. Germaine brings her new boyfriend over.

Aretha's new life at college leaves Germaine feeling left out so she fakes a pregnancy scare, leading Della to recruit Germaine to work a shift with her at the Pound Lord to show her life in the real world.

In order to pay bills, Della and the family sell items at a car boot sale where Germaine reluctantly takes up face painting, Grampy gets his groove back, and Aretha tells Yoko a secret