- Hal has a hard decision on his hands, one of the neighbors has been in a coma and he has to decide whether or not to keep him on life support or pull the plug. He's always turned to Lois to make decisions for him. After another argument between the nurse and the doctor, he ends up paralyzed from the waist up. Meanwhile, Craig enlists Reese, Malcolm and Dewey to help him fight dirty against a childhood bully, who is indeed his estranged, healthy father.
- At breakfast Hal finds it difficult to choose between cereals and eggs. This problem with making choices stems from Hal's childhood. (In a flashback we see his mother asking him whether he wants a petting zoo or a clown for his birthday party. He requests both and then witnesses a snake attacking the clown.) Thus, it's why Hal always lets Lois make the decisions for him.
Craig drops by the house to pick up Lois, but he wants to see the boys for a minute. He tells them that he's being bullied and needs some lessons in dirty fighting from the family that's legendary for it. At first Reese doesn't want to give away his best secrets, but when Craig starts to cry, they agree to help him.
Hal gets a visit from a lawyer with amazing news. Mr.Edelman, who lives down the street, has appointed Hal as executor of his living will. (There are some family issues and all the other neighbors are friends. Hal's the only who can be impartial.) Mr.Edelman is in a coma and Hal has to decide whether to pull the plug or not.
The boys offer Craig some fighting tips. He falls for all of their tricks and collapses crying. Then Malcolm suggests that he should use his anger for the bully. The transformation in Craig is remarkable. Hal visits Mr Edelman in hospital and sees how different family members want him to do different things. It makes his decision more difficult.
Craig has arranged to meet his bully in the backyard of Malcolm, Reese and Dewey. To their surprise, the pest is none other than Craig's father, Vic Feldspar, a fitness guru. He wants Craig to take over his chain of gymnasiums. Craig's refusal is the cause of all the fighting. Craig can't stand the constant humiliation from his father.
Hal tries to solve his problem by building a decision tree, filling the kitchen with paper. When Dewey points out that pulling the plug doesn't necessarily mean that the man will die, he has to start all over again.
Hal and Lois invite Craig and his father over for dinner. Again they notice how often Vic Feldspar expresses his disappointment in Craig.
When the doctors demand that Hal makes a decision because they need the hospital room, something strange happens to Hal. He suffers from psychosomatic paralysis. The top part of his body is paralysed, making it impossible for him to speak.
Vic Feldspar tries a last strategy to convince Craig. He tells him his late mother was also a fitness freak and she would be embarrassed by her son's physical condition. Craig agrees to join his father's business.
After a few days Lois gets fed up with Hal's condition and doesn't think he's taking the decision seriously. She tells him he is very good at making decisions. He did make a very difficult one once: he decided to marry her against everybody else's wishes. Hal recovers from his paralysis.
Vic and Craig get ready to leave when Malcolm notices a picture of Craig's mother in Vic's luggage. She was apparently a rather heavy woman. Craig can't understand where the photograph comes from as he thought all photos of her were destroyed in the twister that took her life. Vic has to admit that she didn't die; she ran away with a man from the pie shop. Craig feels betrayed and decides to stay in his present job, with his friends.
In the final scene Lois congratulates Hal on the decision he made regarding Mr Edelman. It was a stroke of genius. Once he knew Edelman was a bird lover, Hal said, it was easy. And he got everything from Radio Shack, except for the hat. What Hal did is never revealed...
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