Tim signs on the Manelli trapeze family, but younger brother Pierre warns that his brother Jean was injured in a fall and the act may not be the one that Tim was expecting.

When Pete's Uncle Cyrus pays the circus a visit, Pete admits to his friends that he told the old man that he owns the circus. Tim agrees to play along, and Pete soon gets in his over his head.

A judge running for Congress is too busy to spend time with his young son, who runs off to join the circus.