- Carol's minor parking lot accident turns into a nightmare when the other driver claims it was her fault, exaggerates his damages, and then takes her to court.
- Carol got into a minor fender bender, with Marcia, Bobby and Cindy in the car at the time of the accident. It occurred in the supermarket parking lot. According to Carol, she was backing out of her stall. Another car driven by Harry Duggan was backing out of its stall across the aisle, he without looking and after she had started backing out when he hit her. Since both cars sustained about the same amount of damage - a dented fender apiece - Mr. Duggan and Carol decided to fix their own cars and leave it at that. However, Mr. Duggan later recants, stating that his car requires major repairs and that the accident was Carol's fault. He threatens to sue unless Carol pays for the damages. The problem for Carol is that Marcia, Bobby and Cindy, as witnesses, can't agree if Carol's story is indeed accurate. The four people in Carol's car have to figure out if Carol was indeed at fault, and if not how to prove that Mr. Duggan's increasingly elevated sense of injustice against him is a total lie.—Huggo
- Carol, Marcia, Bobby and Cindy return home from a shopping trip. Carol looks worried; she'd gotten into a fender-bender accident in the parking lot of the shopping center while backing her car out to leave. The damage is minimal but she worries about Mike's reaction.
Mike asks Carol about the accident. Carol insists that she looked over both her shoulders for any approaching cars and was backing out slowly when she was struck by the other driver's car, whom she claims was backing out unsafely. Carol also tells Mike that the damage to the other driver's car was about the same as that of her car.
The other driver, Harry Duggan, visits the Brady home. He talks briefly with Mike, trying to convince him that Carol is at fault and that her ability as a driver is hindered by the fact that she's a woman. Carol counters, saying that Duggan caused the accident himself, having backed out haphazardly. Duggan also presents Mike & Carol with a list of expensive repairs that his car needs, claiming that Carol's negligence caused them. The list is obviously phony, repairs that his car needs but he is unwilling to pay for himself. When the Bradys refuse to acknowledge his outrageous claims, Duggan storms out of the house saying he'll make a small claims case of it. Just after Duggan leaves, Bobby and Cindy appear and tell their parents that they never saw their mother look toward the rear of the car. Because they're material witnesses, Bobby and Cindy will have to appear in court as well.
Carol worries about the accident, wondering if she had in fact backed out safely and had looked carefully over both shoulders for other cars. Mike comes up with a way to figure out what happened in the car: he'll have everyone present at the accident recreate their actions while Greg backs the family's other car toward the station wagon. While the recreate the scene, the family discovers that, while Marsha, seated next to Carol, saw her mother look very carefully behind the car, Bobby and Cindy didn't because they were bickering over spilled ice cream while sitting in the back seat. Mike explains to everyone that it only takes a split second to miss something vital... and yells for Greg to stop reversing just in time to avoid another fender-bender.
The court date arrives and Carol, Marsha, Bobby and Cindy all appear before the judge. Duggan arrives late, limping slightly and wearing a neck brace, much to the outrage of Carol and Marcia. Duggan also claims several times that he is unable to turn his neck. He is also allowed to explain his side of the incident first, claiming that Carol was driving recklessly and that she's a lousy driver because she's a woman, a claim that the judge dismisses immediately. He also presents the judge with the list of "damages" to his car. The judge then allows Carol to explain her side of the incident, with the two arguing over the logistics of the accident. The judge stops the argument and asks if the children are witnesses. Marcia testifies that she saw her mother look to the rear for other drivers, while Bobby and Cindy tell the judge they didn't see their mother's actions because of the fight over the ice cream.
The judge is about to render a decision that suggests that both parties have offered solid cases when Mike has a brainstorm: he tosses his briefcase on the floor, making a loud bang that makes Duggan instantly turn his "injured" neck. The judge sees thru Duggan's ruse immediately and decides in favor of Carol. The family reconvenes in the courtroom and the kids ask if they can talk to the judge for a decision about the spilled ice cream.
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