As Rodney and son Jack are preparing for their duet at Jack's school talent show, Rodney has to reluctantly cancel when he gets a standup gig that could launch his comedy career.
With Rodney and Barry's birthdays days apart, they hold a tradition called "Hell Week" in which they play pranks and send each other outrageous gifts the other has to accept.
Fearing he will go to hell, Rodney tries to redeem himself by mowing the church lawn and filling in for the minister at the teenage Sunday School class.
After Trina's father, Carl, overcharges her and Rodney for a Christmas tree, Rodney goes to his office to demand a new tree and learns that Carl has been living at work.