Janet's male friend cannot go on a business date with her and her boss, so she asks Jack. Jack has a cold and the strong rum drinks make him loopy. In the morning, Jack wakes up in Janet's bed and doesn't remember what happened.
Terri wants to break up with her dentist beau but can't seem to do it. Jack has a toothache so Terri arranges for her guy to see him. Although terrified, Jack reports to him and finds out he must return in a week for treatment. But just before his appointment Terri dumps the guy with Janet's help, and when he sees Jack in her place he assumes it's because of him. Unaware of what has happened, Jack goes for his appointment.
Upon learning that she and Jack live together, Janet's date, a reporter, wants to do an article about them, but when it comes out, it hints that something more is going on between Jack tells them to ignore it until the girls are being treated lewdly by men who read the article. And when guys think Jack is "the man", he doesn't deny it--until his girlfriend dumps him. Things get worse when Jack and Terri's mothers read the article and think it's best that they leave the apartment.
Mr. Angelino has a vacant restaurant which he is trying to rent out. When Jack decides to get it, he jumps in without checking it out first. He discovers that it needs a lot of work so he pulls all of his money in the bank to use on the renovation. But he still needs to come up with the rent money and the bank won't grant him a loan.
Final preparations are underway to open Jack's Bistro. Larry is totally ineffective with repairs in the building and even has the flyer printed with the wrong date. No customers show up on opening night.
Felipe asks Jack if his cousin can stay with him. When he sees how lovely she is, he lets her. Now she doesn't understand English too well. When Jack offers her a job at his restaurant, she misinterprets if as a proposal.
Janet's friend Randy comes to town, and when Jack meets her, he is smitten. Janet is OK with Jack and Randy going out. Later, Janet and Jack find out Randy omitted one detail - she is married.
Jack learns that an ultra conservative minister is trying to keep his restaurant from getting it's wine license. Mr. Angelino tells Jack he knows the man and the reason is because the restaurant was once a hangout for hookers. So Jack has to try and convince the minister that the restaurant is respectable. Mr. Angelino's tells Jack to have a brunch at his restaurant and will invite the minister to show him his place is respectable. He asks Janet and Terri to come and dress conservatively. But things get hairy when an amorous newlywed couple who are waiting to go on their honeymoon come in and start making out. And Larry's date turns wild after he gets her drunk.
When Jack's kitchen help quits, Mr Furley immediately says he will do the job and Jack cannot say no. Mr Furley is not effective. Larry suggests hiring guitar player for background music. Larry decides to be the accompanist singer.
Larry's younger sister Diane is in town, and allows Jack to take her out, but they do not get back home until after 2AM and Larry is furious. especially after a miscommunication makes everyone think they did more than just go out.
At the bar, Carol tells Larry and Furley about an incident with a boat on the water. They leave the bar, but the story spreads around, with the details all switched around. Soon it becomes a story about Carol breaking up with her husband.
A building inspector claims that there's a minor infraction at Jack's restaurant which gives him cause to have it closed unless Jack pays him off. The girls tell him to record the man soliciting a pay off. He calls the police and a detective comes and plays the tape, Jack leaves for a moment and the cop only hears Jack's earlier conversation with Furley about "pot" "from Mexico" that could be costly. So the police go after Furley.
Terri treats a man who is an actor on a soap opera. Later he asks her out, and she accepts. But what she doesn't know is that he prefers trashy women so the show is considering writing him off unless he appears to be respectable. After going out with him on one date, he proposes to Terri. While Janet is happy Jack is suspicious. Later he goes to Jack's restaurant with one of his girlfriends and Jack sees him.
Mr Furley knocks over the drink of another patron at the bar. The guy is a bully who insults Furley. When Jack comes to Furley's defense, the bully challenges Jack to a boxing match at the local gym. Turns out the bully is a boxing champ.
Janet & Terri make a bet that Jack cannot stay away from women for one week. Immediately the girls make him go with Mr Furley to the bar for Woman's Night. Furley meets a woman who has a friend for Jack. This causes Jack to lose the bet.
Jack works extra hours at the restaurant after it closes, so he sleeps in the vacant apartment above his Bistro. He finds Mr. Angelino there with a woman, having an affair. One night, Janet and Terri stop by and find Jack with the woman.
Larry buys a false mustache and thinks more women will fall for his lines. When Jack sees it works, he buys a mustache. He wears it home; Terri finds his new appearance makes him look like one of her former boyfriends. Terri falls in love.
Jack's old friend Bill comes to town. Jack worked with Bill as a cook in the Navy; Bill's a good cook, so Jack offers him a job at the Bistro, but Bill has his own devious agenda to getting a partnership in the Bistro.
Janet and Terri walk into a conversation, hear that someone is going out of business, and assume it is Jack's Bistro. They devise a plan to give Jack money to save what they think is his losing business, and Jack buys a leather coat.
