When Martin takes the family on a rare dinner out, Harold meets her.
The Crane's tropical vacation turns out to be a disaster. When Martin mentions the fact on his TV spot, he gets slapped with a lawsuit. He countersues on the basis that they didn't have ""fun"".
The Cranes get invited to a party at the Hamilton's house.
Candy has invited an unexpected dinner guest: their dentist.
Martin needs four grand by Saturday to make a balloon payment on the house. They can't borrow from either set of parents, so they have to borrow from... Harold.
Harold's upset because Martin can't attend any of his Little League games.
Candy is excited to hear she's won a recipe contest -- until she finds out that her prize is an invitation to prepare her winning recipe live on ""Wake Up Seattle."" Candy confesses to the rest of the family that she's been terrified of public speaking ever since she was in high school, when she sneezed uncontrollably during a presentation and got laughed at by the entire school. So it's up to Martin to help Candy keep her sinuses in check for her debut on national television.
Martin invites Rip over for dinner to meet his family. Candy doesn't want Martin to get involved in Rip's personal problems. But when Rip begins reminiscing of his past career in westerns, Martin does just that and suggests Rip make a comeback. Rip takes up Martin's advice and announces his plans to the staff -- where Martin is horrified to hear that Rip mortgaged the station to pay for financing. Worse, Rip lets them all know that it was Martin's idea! Rip holds a private screening to view one scene that's been shot -- which is embarrassingly awful. But Martin has to tell Rip the truth about his nonexistent acting ability or risk putting everybody's jobs in jeopardy.
Harold decides to throw his hat into the ring and run for class president.
Martin attends his high school's 20th anniversary reunion.