Secrets continue to weigh down Lydia, who continues to keep mum about Paulie's marriage and Karen's affair. Dolly gets depressed when she learns a sordid secret about her father's past.

Paulie is frantic when Plum is reported missing on Halloween. Dolly is forced to entertain Plum's neurotic mother and Jackie receives a lesson in parenting from a lost trick or treater.

Lydia's romantic advances toward Eric fall on deaf ears. Paulie is worried by the arrival of Plum's old boyfriend and Jackie gets in touch with Ray's sensitive side.