Still on strike, Doug picks up a job as a substitute teacher at his sister's school, and thinks it will be a breeze, until the students wreak havoc on him.
Out of work due to a strike, a bored Doug and Deacon start playing practical jokes on people and Arthur joins in, but is left alone when the strike's over.
A Native American woman thinks Jerry is racially insensitive when he presents Elaine with a cigar-store Indian as a peace offering; George gets grounded.
The gang struggles to find gifts for a dinner party; Jerry and Elaine have trouble at a bakery when they lose their number; George shows off a fluffy coat.
Christine finally gives up on Ritchie's snobby private school after she is blamed for a lice outbreak, but she runs into trouble enrolling him in public school.
Christine tries to use the knowledge she has gained as a gym owner to help Matthew lose weight, but she finds she is unable to shed extra pounds herself.
Darlene figures out that D.J. has begun going to church after his school day, as he gives a lecture to Roseanne about morals after an incident at the diner.
Bev decides to return back to the house after claiming she broke her pelvis at the retirement home due to Dan's failure to safe-proof the shower in her room.
Fred gathers the courage to propose to Jackie and takes advice from Roseanne on the best way to ask the question and gathers tips from her favorite soap opera.
Dan learns that he has a cyst that needs to be removed and in order to do so he must shave his arm pits, which everyone around him learns about quickly.
Jackie decides to tell on Darlene after spotting her at a motel in the middle of the day and Roseanne feels like she has caught onto Darlene and David.
David informs Roseanne that Darlene is using drugs in hopes of stopping her from going to college and her love, and Roseanne plans to get to the bottom of it.
Leon hosts a large Halloween party inviting the Lunch Box gang and a group of his gay friends; Jackie and Roseanne decide their hairdresser wears a wig.
When Molly receives some disappointing news at work, she is suddenly thrown into a funky mood that threatens to ruin the spirit of the Christmas holiday.
Joyce starts to drive Vince crazy with jealousy when she takes up an old ex-boyfriend on his offer for a dinner date; Mike and Molly continue wedding planning.
When Molly discovers that Mike hasn't had a proper birthday party since he was 9 years old, she decides to take it upon herself to throw him a surprise party.
When Peggy decides to leave town, she leaves her dog, Jim, with Mike and Molly claiming that it will be good practice for when they have kids of their own.
Mike becomes inspired by their honeymoon trip to Paris and decides that he wants to change his life; Molly worries about how their friends & family fared.
Ray and Robert's overnight wait for a prime golfing location erupts into a heated debate over who will be responsible for their mother's care in the future.
While visiting Frank and Marie, Ray and Debra discover that they are being kicked out of their condo; Robert and Amy reluctantly let them move back in.
Kramer talks his stand-in friend, a little person, into getting lifts to keep his job; Jerry visits a sick friend at the hospital in need of a good laugh.
Jerry gets a date with a Miss America contestant, only to be foiled by Kramer, who acts as a chaperone; Elaine gets a job as Mr. Pitt's personal secretary.
George gets upset when his girlfriend is thanked for a dinner he bought; Jerry becomes obsessed when he finds that his current girlfriend once dated Newman.
In an effort to please his new girlfriend, Jerry agrees to host a pledge drive for PBS; George is convinced that a waitress keeps giving him the finger.
Christine rekindles her relationship with Papa Jeff at Richard and New Christine's wedding, but she soon receives some shocking news about her old flame.