One of Ozzie's old college friends, now a sea captain, invites Dave to join him on his next round-the-world cruise - much to Ozzie and Harriet's consternation.
Dave applies for a job as a clerk for a influential law firm and worries that all of his family's coincidental meetings with the partner making the selection will be held against him.
Doc and Joe commiserate with Ozzie about the lack of good fishing prospects nearby. When Dave brings a rancher and his daughter to dinner, the rancher reveals a wonderful fishing spot on his property and invites Oz to come. The boys go to unsubtle measures to also get in on it, but it looks like it's all over when suddenly David has a fight with the girl.
Dave and Rick are growing up and aren't as home as much as they used to be, so Ozzie and Harriet look into selling the old family house and moving into an apartment.
While bowling one evening, Dave spots a man bowling that he believes is seeking an insurance settlement from one his law firm's clients. With Rick's assistance, Dave tries to supply proof that the man is perfectly healthy.
When the women's club takes over a gas station one weekend for charity, Ozzie, Darby and Joe are sure they'll be sweet talked into helping, and resolve to refuse. However, when they aren't asked, they get anxious and eager to assist after a few hours with the other husbands.
The fraternity brothers are short of funds for the swimming pool they want to build in back of the frat house, so they plan to put the squeeze on their fathers by luring them to a Dad's Night steak dinner.
The parents of a girl that Rick is dating ask Ozzie & Harriet for their help in planning a surprise birthday party for their daughter. Ozzie originally intends to tell Rick but suddenly has a change of heart about telling him.
Ozzie and Harriet are receiving a visit from a couple they met when away for a weekend through mutual friends but are having trouble remembering who they are.
Ozzie, Harriet, Joe and Clara spend an evening with new friends who just moved into town. The next night they meet at the Nelson's house and Ozzie tries to arrange an interesting evening for them too.
David has never met his other boss, senior partner Mr. Kelley, who is back in town. David wants to make a good first-impression, but no matter how hard he tries, a comedy of errors seems to have "pink slip" written all over it.
Mystifying events occur after Ozzie and his friends make fun of a romantic story attached to a set of heirloom dishes once owned by Harriet's great-grandmother.
Rick volunteers to assist a professor with his chemistry experiments on Saturday night to avoid having to take two girls to a fraternity dance on the same night.
One of the founders of the Men's Club is returning to town and Ozzie's in charge of getting T-shirts welcoming him back. He becomes stuck with 31 shirts saying "Welcome Back Skinny" because the guys think the nickname is undignified for a man who's made it big and isn't skinny anymore.
Harriet has been hearing neighborhood news and gossip through the grapevine when she could be hearing it first from Ozzie, so she asks him to keep her more abreast of what he learns when he's out and about.
Ozzie & Harriet make plans to go to the lodge at the lake, for the weekend. Harriet happens to mention this to Clara Randolph, who thinks it would be a great idea if she and Joe came along.