Hayden's ex-wife, Beth, brings her new fiancé by to meet Hayden and Christine; however, a few off-record comments from Hayden leaves Beth's new beau doubting his upcoming nuptials.
Hayden advises Dauber to stop living with the players and become more of an adult, now that he's an assistant coach. But when Dauber moves into Luther's building, an overheard remark during a housewarming party starts a feud between them.
Hayden and Christine are excited to have dinner with a billionaire who hopes to buy her station, but they are shocked by how he ridicules his younger girlfriend, so they attempt to persuade her to stand up for herself and confront him.
When Hayden casually decides to sell boxes of old belongings in a garage sale, Christine accidentally sells a prized pair of cleats that belonged to the great Johnny Unitas. Meanwhile, Luther is determined to catch a legendary fish.
Christine has an audition in New York to be a regional co-anchor of a national news program, but the unexpected result could have quite an effect on her relationship with Hayden.
After six weeks of weekend visits and ever-shorter phone calls, Hayden and Christine struggle over their long-distance relationship. Meanwhile, Luther and Dauber decide to surprise Hayden by pouring him a new cement floor.
When Dauber becomes a Big Brother to a boy who has no father, Judy begins to feel that he is neglecting their relationship, and Dauber starts to get the idea that the boy has unreasonable expectations for their friendship.
When Hayden finds out that Luther has been seeing Mrs. Rizzendough socially, he goes to a dog show against Luther's wishes to try and extract a donation for a new athletic center.
After initially being thrilled when asked to be Hayden's best man, Luther feels betrayed when Hayden attends a celebrity bachelor roast after turning down Luther's offer to throw him a bachelor party.
Christine is thrilled with her wedding dress - but going out of town to visit her mother, she asks Hayden to pick up the dress one week before the wedding. However, he and the British dressmaker can't help but get on each other's nerves.
Hayden and Christine arrive at her parents' home in Kentucky for their wedding, but he is petrified on the eve of the ceremony over not yet having written his vows.