When little sister Emily returns from College, Carol decides it would be a good idea to be her mentor. She decides to set her up with Patrick's friend on a blind date. It soon turns out that Emily already has a boyfriend, and she isn't to keen on keeping him much to his dismay.
Dreyfuss ignores Carol after she yells at him so she seeks out an animal psychologist for help. Harry, meanwhile, has gifted Laverne a tiny share in the local galleria, while also inspiring Charley to start reading literature.
Emily is dating one of Carol's old school friends, he jokes compulsively about the fact he has a weight problem. Meanwhile Laverne is spending all her free time gossiping on the phone to other nurses, but isn't so thrilled when the gossip turns to her.
Harry gets upset when Emily tears a ligament in her need and requires surgery, but ends up going with another doctor's plan of physical therapy. Meanwhile, Patrick goes camping and Charley joins in on the fun.
A young shoplifter is caught while Harry is working at a free clinic and Harry quickly befriends him and brings him home. The boy turns out to be an uncontrolled diabetic who ends up running away, taking along all of the Weston's' furniture with him.
While working on Charley's cruise ship Emily works as a waitress where she is harassed by an obnoxious comic. Laverne thinks she has found the perfect match for Dr. Weston.
Maxine's mother arrives in Miami for a visit. She's been having headaches, so Maxine and Harry trick her into seeing an eye doctor; the results are a surprise. Meanwhile, Laverne tries to give Harry a haircut.
A somewhat socially awkward woman volunteers at the clinic and starts to send flowers and dinner invitations to Laverne which gives her the wrong idea. Meanwhile Carol does her best to get her unborn child enrolled in a posh preschool.