Stephanie's jilted husband Carl comes looking for an explanation. A stray dog follows George home. A couple is determined to sneak out of the Stratford without paying.
Joanna is bound to convince Dick and Stephanie that a man and a woman can be just friends after a professor asks her out after attending his poetry night.
A guest-spot on a local cable TV show called Book Beat lands Dick a potential new career; Kirk convinces Joanna to star in a commercial for the Minuteman Café.
Kirk plans to sell the Minuteman Cafe, which will result in a fast food restaurant next door to the Stratford Inn, unless Dick admits Kirk is his best friend.