After tests reveal Frank and Marie's poor health, Marie puts them on a diet, and prepares a tofu turkey for Thanksgiving, which does not go over well with Ray.
Ray and Robert make a tribute video for Frank when he wins lodge "Man of the Year," but during filming they discover that he isn't really popular at the lodge.
Hayden runs away as a demonstration of his protest against Kelly's relationship with Stuart, which has rebounded from a breakup to a speedy engagement.
The onslaught of pressure from the college football game results in Hayden getting a facial tic just before he is scheduled to appear on a national telecast.
Hayden invites all of his friends to a victory blow-out party in anticipation of winning the coveted Curley O'Brien award, but things may not end as expected.
Fred mistakes a scene between Lamont and his acting partner as a murder attempt and immediately expresses his discomfort with the duo rehearsing in the house.
Fred disagrees with Lamont and Rollo's decision to manage an-all female singing trio from Philadelphia, until he meets the women as they prep for a show.
Jack is ashamed to tell his friends that he a busboy at a prestigious restaurant rather than a chef, but problems arise when they show up for a meal one night.
With Chrissy's stay in Fresno leaving Jack and Janet short on the rent for the month, they attempt to fill the open position with their own replacements.
Cindy loses her job after her boss discovers her working on a favor for Jack on company time, so Jack talks to her boss and attempts to get her job back.
Jack sets Janet up on a date with his girlfriend's widowed father to win his approval of their relationship, but doesn't realize how old the man actually is.
When Janet's parents stop in for a visit, they assume that she and Jack are married and Janet must pretend that they really are to avoid any questions.
Ray and Debra take a trip to Vermont, trying a little too hard to please each other in the romance department, and Uncle Robert is left babysitting the kids.
Ally busily prepares to get ready for her very first play date with a boy, and flashbacks help to reveal how Raymond and Debra first courted each other.
When Raymond and Debra get into a fight over the new can opener each tells their side of the story to the other family members, causing family warfare to erupt.
Michael is forced to be held back another year in pre-school, and Ray ends up blaming himself because he also was forced to endure the same embarrassment.
Fred learns that his uncle has died and left him an inheritance, but the one major obstacle that stands between him and the money is a flight to St. Louis.
Lamont buys Fred a pool table as a birthday gift, but it attracts one too many of his father's friends and threatens to turn the house into a 24-hour pool hall.