Summary Needing someone to babysit her son while she goes to St. Louis for a job interview, Paige asks her cousin Eddie for help. And though Eddie agrees to keep an eye on little Bradley, he immediately shifts all the responsibility to Malcolm. As Malcolm tries to care for the baby and run the bar at the same time, Nicolette asks him to help out in case she needs to be bailed out of an uncomfortable roommate interview. But when Malcolm goes to the supermarket for baby supplies, he leaves Nicolette without anyone to help her get rid of a prospective roommate who has some real problems. While at the store, Malcolm meets Caroline, a beautiful woman who Malcolm leads to believe is Bradley's father. Complaining about Malcolm's using the baby to attract women, Eddie then gets word that Paige has been snowed in, leaving them with Bradley for the night. But thirty-six straight hours of Bradley being awake leaves Malcolm and Eddie at their wits end as Nicole steps in to get the baby to sleep. Meanwhile, after finding someone she's sure is the perfect roommate, Nicolette loses him after it appears that Bradley belongs to her and Eddie. When Caroline arrives for a date, Malcolm keeps from revealing the truth as he leaves the baby with Eddie. While Caroline is more than ready for a sensual evening, Malcolm cannot keep his mind off the baby. So, leaving her only minutes into their date, he returns home to check on Bradley. Meanwhile, Eddie has dozed off while reading to Bradley and doesn't hear Paige when she returns. So when he wakes to find Bradley is gone, Eddie panics and, when Malcolm returns, he confesses to losing the baby. After Paige comes back, Eddie tries hiding the fact that he doesn't know where Bradley is. But realizing Eddie's mistake, Paige reassures him and Malcolm that Bradley is fine. Finally, to keep Caroline interested, Malcolm pretends one last time to be Bradley's father.

• Comedy
• Sitcom