In parental absence, Eddie sneaked in his latest girlfriend Wendi and a bottle of bubbly, but that's accidentally dropped. To avoid the pieces and stains being discovered, they volunteer to take over house work from ma 'so she can spoil herself for once'. In fact she sneakily overheard them and insists Wendi comes along to the beauty parlor, as a test of loyalty and cunning, Eddie desperately needing a reliable partner to make of for him numskull. Edie mobilize the other big brothers to help clean up, while the kids play outside, with William acting as SciFi-reading guard for eternal telltale Frank, who is rope-tied to the laundry rack. Dad could catch them as the scrooge drops buy every noon for his home-lade sandwich before they're ready, but Joey fixes that persuasively.
—KGF Vissers