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- Ben runs into a prostitute on the street. He doesn't take advantage her services, but after a conversation with her, he realizes that many people need help, and wants to be the one to provide it. He begins to make Dr. Katz and Laura feel guilty about themselves, that they're not out on the streets "making a difference", like he is. After a week, Ben gives up, especially after he unknowingly chides a friend of Katz's to improve her life, as he assumed she was a prostitute.
- During a morning trip to the local bakery, Steve, the owner of the business, offers Ben a job as his assistant. Not only did his previous assistant quit, but he sees potential in him and rationalizes that he comes in here all the time anyway. Dr. Katz is overjoyed that Ben is finally employed. Ben is less than thrilled, however, because it requires getting up at 4 A.M. Also, he thinks Steve is a nut. On his third day, Ben is fired for being four hours late. When Steve goes leaves the counter, Ben steals a bunch of baked goods in retaliation for Steve refusing to give him a paycheck for two days of work.
- Ben gets into Dr. Katz's medical books and convinces himself he has all sorts of medical illnesses including, of all things, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (S.I.D.S.). Meanwhile, Dr. Katz is afraid of a bee that's made its way into his office. Laura plays on his fear and refuses to kill the bee at his request. Also, Patient Dom Irrera leaves a love proclamation song on Dr. Katz's answering machine.
- Ben is offended when Dr. Katz throws out "Bully", a prized stuffed animal of his, without asking. Later, while Dr. Katz plays guitar, Ben suggests he try out at a nearby club's open mic night. Ben takes Laura there as a "date", though Laura doesn't think of it as such. Dr. Katz sings an original song about family, which ends with a line about Bully. Realizing his mistake of throwing out Bully, Dr. Katz apologies to Ben in front of everyone.
- Ben is in the newspapers for witnessing a crime. Dr. Katz and Laura both remark that it's odd that he used his real name instead of choosing to remain anonymous. Ben thinks he's on the road to stardom because of this one-time incident, and wants to go to a school to tell his story. However, in the end, it's revealed that he didn't actually see a crime and lied to the reporter: "It was in the heat of the moment and I had to say something." Dr. Katz grounds Ben.
- Dr. Katz is informed by his doctor that his chances are good for having a massive heart attack. He strives to get in shape, with Julie's help: In exchange for fitness sessions, Julie wants Katz to teach her the guitar. Katz tries to convince Ben to take a health oath, but he's reluctant.
- Dr. Katz brings a bowl of fruit to the office and sets it on Laura's desk. They eventually get rid of it, because it's going rotten and attracting flies. Meanwhile, Ben gets ideas for new careers and hobbies, such as cake decorating, roller skating, and truck driving. He doesn't follow through on any of them.
- Dr. Katz gets the sudden urge to play the board game "Guess Who" with Ben. During the game, Katz sees the reflection of Ben's pieces in the TV screen and guesses correctly, annoying an oblivious Ben. Katz eventually comes clean about cheating, and offers to leave the apartment for a night as self-punishment. But in the process of saying where he'll probably be staying (the Hilton), Ben wants to come along.
- While looking for his birth certificate, Ben discovers that Dr. Katz was a hippie back in the '60s, and had an old flame named Sharon Koppleman. This makes Katz nostalgic, and takes his guitar to the office, wanting Laura to humor him by pretending to be Sharon from his old folk music duo.
- Ben wants to make author his full-time job, and for his first book, plans to write memoirs of his life so far. He dedicates the book to Dr. Katz, rationalizing that by the time he finishes the book, Katz will be dead. As with most all job ideas, though, Ben gives up by the end of the episode.
- Laura calls Dr. Katz's apartment to say she won't be into work, using the lame excuses that she needs to get her watch fixed and do holiday shopping. Ben wonders if she's unhappy at the office and that's why she's calling in sick; Dr. Katz agrees and upgrades her position from "receptionist" to "administrative assistant". Since that doesn't seem to do anything for her, Katz throws an office Christmas party, though because of the size of his business, it will only be the two of them. When Laura arrives at the party, she almost immediately announces she has to go (especially when Katz says that Ben might be stopping by later), but thanks Dr. Katz for going through the trouble of having a party for her. Ben and Katz end the episode singing a round of "Jingle Bells".
- Ben sees an ad in the paper about raising pot-bellied pigs, breeding them, and selling the babies, and wants to do that as a job. He also meets Laura, Dr. Katz's receptionist, though when he offers to treat her to a cup of coffee, she goes by herself and asks that he reimburse her when she returns.
- Dr. Katz gets the urge to build a wood shelf for the wall. Ben agrees to get the necessary supplies, but causes problems when he breaks a nail gun and therefore can't return it at the hardware store. In the end, they build a shelf, but it's less than satisfactory, so they plan to put pamphlets on it.
