Carol asks Ed to help her friend Sonja, whose husband Andy wants a divorce after discovering that Sonja had advertised herself in a mail-order-bride catalog before they met. Sonja is about to be deported to her native Brazil, since they live in a no-contest divorce state and Andy can get a divorce immediately. As Ed gets more involved in the case, he re-evaluates his own failed marriage and invites Liz to visit him so that they can mend fences.

Mike continues to be beleaguered by Dr. Jerome, who refuses to relinquish his practice until Mike reads all the volumes of medical knowledge Dr. Jerome has amassed in his career. He also has a friend pose as a patient who needs an emergency appendectomy but refuses to listen to Mike and walks out of his office. When Dr. Jerome takes Mike along to see a terminally ill patient, Mike realizes that Dr. Jerome isn't such a bad guy after all.

Molly and Jim continue to wend their way through the trials and tribulations of dating. After Jim cancels a date, citing a work emergency which Molly isn't sure she believes, she's reluctant to see him again, but finally relents.

Phil goes on the prowl to find out who leaked the winning number of gumballs in the latest Stuckeybowl contest. The answer is finally revealed when the Stuckeybowl lights are dimmed.