Ted becomes concerned about Gary's preoccupation with his girlfriends, so Gary brings home an older woman from University with the intention of shocking his father.
Ted comes home in the middle of the day and finds Dot absent. She has taken a job in a supermarket and Ted is not impressed when he has to fetch his own breakfast on Saturday morning.
A visit from Dot's brother Mark throws the Cook household into turmoil. Ted dislikes Mark and Dot resorts to a devious strategy to change Ted's attitude.
Ted bans Gary from any involvement with any girlfriends because of the negative effect on Gary's studies. In order to get the ban lifted, Gary retaliates by convincing Ted that the 'no girls' decree is turning him into a 'poof'.
Ted looks forward to his old mate Barney returning from Perth, but when he arrives Ted is shocked by Barney's total personality change from a hopeless drunk to a teetotaller.
Ted undertakes to mow Mr King's lawns while he is away on holidays. Chaos reigns when the lawnmower breaks down and Mr King returns a few days early to find the task yet to be done.
Ted complains to the media when he is kept awake by the noise from a new discotheque in the neighbourhood. He regrets his action when he discovers that his boss is the owner of the new nightspot