Carol frets that being nominated for Homecoming Queen will make her popular at the expense of her classmates forgetting her best quality—her intelligence.
Mike and Jason's feud continues and Mike moves out of the Seaver house and into his car, while the rest of family tries to help them forgive each other.
The Seaver kids start to feel resentment over the changes they have to make for their yet-to-be-born sibling. Meanwhile, Maggie's nervous about revealing her pregnancy to her boss.
Lydia's voice proves a distraction for Mike. Carol and her friends are only approached to dance by "unacceptable" boys. Ben and Stinky hunt down a pinball machine that pays off in cash.
Having procrastinated until the final day to write an essay on Raymond Chandler, and with class failure on the line, Mike still can't buckle down and get to work.