Mike is put on the spot when Laura's parents come to meet him and to celebrate Helen's good news. True to form, Mike makes an ""unusual"" first impression.

Mike accompanies Laura on a business trip. When they arrive at the hotel, Laura tells Mike that she has booked their reservation as Mr. and Mrs. Selway.

Laura's plans for a small dinner party get interrupted when Charlie, Mike's assistant, takes ill and calls on Mike and Laura for help. They frantically prepare dinner between visits to the hospital.

While Charlie convalesces, Mike struggles to run the business single-handedly but refuses to replace Charlie with someone younger. While lending moral support to her pregnant sister, Laura finds herself thinking about having a family too.

Mike prepares to interview applicants for a new landscaping assistant to replace Charlie. Helen and Phil are setting up a nursery. Laura decides that she too would like a baby, but the problem is Mike doesn't.

Laura and Mike are seriously at odds because they disagree about starting a family. After an all-out, soggy confrontation, Laura makes a bold decision.