Henry, a long-time product manager in a supermarket chain, expects a promotion when a position opens. But when the position goes to an inexperienced woman, he quits.

The Beach Boys come to town and Matt has aspirations of becoming the drummer that they're looking for -- but he soon discovers that he's not the applicant for the job.

While in a bind, Enid finds herself moving in with Henry -- but she soon realizes it was a mistake.

Matt winds up in a car accident caused by a faulty traffic light. Enraged Henry organizes a demonstration to get the city to fix the light, and he's so convincing that he winds up being persuaded to take a seat on the city council.

The school psychiatrist points out that Matt's underachieving in school, and he attributes this to the fact that Matt and Henry don't spend enough quality time together. The father and son decide to make up for this by playing football together, but that turns out disastrous when Henry breaks his toe and Matt gets blinded.

Henry quickly becomes disenchanted with Matt's new girlfriend, who has a penchant for drinking and driving.

Henry, Matt and Enid take part in a neighborhood watch, and wind up finding a vagabond squatting in the tool shed.

Henry begins dating a twenty-year-old, much to Matt and Enid's chagrin.

As a surprise for his father's birthday, Matt takes out an ad in the personals... and Henry soon finds himself with a date.

Henry discovers that he has a tumor.

A misunderstanding makes Henry think that Enid's in love with him -- so when she gets wind of the situation, she resigns.