The Mt. Pilot newspaper's fashion editor Pamela Bennington's (Judith McConnell) car breaks down and she is brought into Mayberry by Goober. Howard gives her a ride to her Mt. Pilot apartment building- the singles only Riviera Park. The two like one another, and Howard decides to sublet an apartment there for two months to be near her. Howard decides to hold an upcoming opening house party as he settles into his new life. Pamela doesn't quite work out, and he begins mingling with his single neighbors. He shares mutual admiration with Jane Mullins (Judith Cassmore) who first welcomed him to the complex. She accepts being his date for his upcoming party. However, he next runs into Pamela who says the man she had been seeing is out of the picture. Howard now has the conundrum of two dates for the party. He prefers the more attractive Pamela and lets Goober think Jane is his date. At the party, both ladies think they are with Howard, as he struggles to keep up the charade and must make a decision.