Dorothy cannot understand why Robert does not approve of his mother being invited to stay the night.

Dorothy must make a trip to New York, and wishes Robert to accompany her. Unfortunately she doesn't want to spend a week aboard the QEII, and he's scared of flying!

Returning home from a routine shopping trip, Robert and Dorothy find that the house has been burgled, along with another three doors down the road. But having forgotten his credit card and popped home to collect it, Robert worries that he'll have been seen and suspected of the crime...