Divorcee Henry has been enjoying his quiet life for the past seven years -- until his son, Matt, announces that he's moving in. Although Henry goes out of his way to make his son feel unwelcome, he agrees to let Matt stay under the proviso that he adheres to the house rules.
Henry begins dating a twenty-year-old, much to Matt and Enid's chagrin.
Matt gets a job working as a waiter. When Henry brings a colleague to the restaurant, complications ensue.
The school psychiatrist points out that Matt's underachieving in school, and he attributes this to the fact that Matt and Henry don't spend enough quality time together. The father and son decide to make up for this by playing football together, but that turns out disastrous when Henry breaks his toe and Matt gets blinded.
Henry thinks that Matt should learn the value of a dollar, though it's a lesson not learned when Matt inherits $2,000 from his grandmother. Matt gets a bunch of credit cards and goes on a shopping spree.
Matt goes on "tour" with his band... and discovers that the band needs more practice than they realized.
A misunderstanding makes Henry think that Enid's in love with him -- so when she gets wind of the situation, she resigns.
Divorcee Henry has been enjoying his quiet life for the past seven years -- until his son, Matt, announces that he's moving in. Although Henry goes out of his way to make his son feel unwelcome, he agrees to let Matt stay under the proviso that he adheres to the house rules.
Henry suspects that Matt is involved in delinquent activities, including shoplifting.
Henry has to confront his fear of death when a friend passes away. But death comes too close when Matt offers the grieving widow a chance to hold the wake in their home.
Henry and his brother, Randy, go into cahoots on a get-rich-quick scheme. It quickly becomes clear that the plan wasn't well thought out.
Henry meets Loretta and contemplates marrying her.
Henry gets Matt a job at a supermarket... where Matt leads the workers in a strike.
While Matt's busy studying for a college exam, Henry and Enid mistakenly open Matt's mail and discover that his college application has been rejected.
Henry, a long-time product manager in a supermarket chain, expects a promotion when a position opens. But when the position goes to an inexperienced woman, he quits.
The Beach Boys come to town and Matt has aspirations of becoming the drummer that they're looking for -- but he soon discovers that he's not the applicant for the job.
Matt winds up in a car accident caused by a faulty traffic light. Enraged Henry organizes a demonstration to get the city to fix the light, and he's so convincing that he winds up being persuaded to take a seat on the city council.
Henry meets horse-jockey Willie Shoemaker and provokes him into a riding competition... but then Henry has second thoughts about going through with it.
Henry quickly becomes disenchanted with Matt's new girlfriend, who has a penchant for drinking and driving.
Matt's working as a DJ, but he finds himself in hot water when he agrees to organize a concert for a band called "Dead Pets."
Enid's dreams of becoming an American citizen are crushed because she hasn't been paying income taxes.
As a surprise for his father's birthday, Matt takes out an ad in the personals... and Henry soon finds himself with a date.
While in a bind, Enid finds herself moving in with Henry -- but she soon realizes it was a mistake.
Henry, Matt and Enid take part in a neighborhood watch, and wind up finding a vagabond squatting in the tool shed.
Matt brings her divorced mother home.
Henry learns that he has a malignancy on his rear end.