After a rat chews through the dishwasher cable, Dave argues with exterminators and burrows under the house to kill the rat. Willie tries gardening as a class project.
Dave worries about Willie when he struggles in kindergarten and lags behind obsessive Fred Bakersfield's son Brendan. Then Dave schedules a dull class field trip to the newspaper office.
Dave and Beth have theater tickets, but her great aunt Lillian who dislikes her has died and Beth's mom Maggie pressures them to skip the play and attend the funeral like the rest of the family.
The Barrys go to the movies to chaperone Tommy, who doesn't want to be seen with them. Kenny has a date with Emma Samms there. Shel ventures to the multiplex alone, and the staff are rude.
Mia quits her job to try writing. Shel and Kenny take part in a bachelor auction, where Shel is afraid no one will bid on him and Kenny has a mishap with apricots.
To satisfy Tommy's need for privacy, he Barrys build him a tree house with a view of the neighbors' second-floor bedroom window. Said neighbors leave their Venetian blinds open during intimacy.
When Shel's car is burglarized again, he loses private photos of his celebrity clients and the Barrys join the neighborhood watch program in hopes of improving neighborhood security.
Tommy's report card has an incomplete in gym class, so Mia talks The Barrys into joining a health club at a family discount. Outraged Shel claims that he and Kenny are a gay couple so that they can get the same discount.
Beth's sister breaks up with her beau and moves in with the Barrys' temporarily. The kids get mumps. Dave temporarily moves in with Kenny and wreaks accidental havoc on his host's life.
When Beth doesn't hear from her mother, she sends Dave to check on her. He discovers she's been seeing a guy. And not wanting Beth to know asks Dave to keep quiet which proves to be difficult.
During a TV talk show, Dave expresses regret for playing a prank years earlier on former colleague Lanny Greer, who turns up at the Barry home as a destitute lowlife fisherman. Dave feels guilty for ruining Lanny's life.
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By what name was Dave's World (1993) officially released in India in English?