Bobby considers selling the house in order to pay back an advance he got several years ago on his record sale - but which didn't live up to its expectations.
With Anna and Thomas out of town on school sports trip and Doug at an actors' workshop, Bobby and Tracy find themselves alone in the house for the weekend.
The kids' 16th birthday is approaching and Bobby is in charge of buying them the present. Emma Bigelow wants to throw a pool party for the kids - which make Anna worry about her appearance.
Tracy tells a slimy business client that she is married to Bobby to get him to back off. With the client coming over to the house to sign some papers, Tracy asks Doug to pretend to be her husband, Bobby Rivers.
Bobby and Doug buy a grill and want to throw a family barbecue. Anna is tutored in maths by Susan, an older girl Thomas has the hots for. Things cool down when he and Anna learn she's a lesbian.
Wayne loads off his nephew Sam at Bobby's. Anna works for the school paper and for that has gotten a computer from school. Thomas wants to raise some money by finding partners who want to place ads in the paper.