Mike gives daughter Sue questionable advice on handling a crush. Mirroring Newton's laws, growing Independence by Axl and Brick are balanced by codependency by Frankie's aunts. Assured the world won't stop without her, Frankie takes a fifteen minute break, and the world falls apart.—David Foss
The only thing Frankie aspires for their wedding anniversary is a pseudo-romantic weekend to get a new master bedroom carpet. Mike understands they must postpone when Brick gets sick, and get day-nursing in a badly picked car, but is not amused when she lets her hag aunts Edie and Ginny commandeer her as nurse for themselves and even mind their tobacco-smoke crippled dog Dorothy all weekend. New classmate Brendan Nichols is even less amused by Sue's stupid interpretation of parental courting advice. Mike however knows and handles his wife's colleagues better then she.—KGF Vissers