Fran has appendicitis and Tom promises her that things will run smoothly at home while she's in the hospital. Tom attempts at doing housework and expecting his daughters to help lead to disaster.
Tom never has a chance to use the phone with so many women in the house. He decides to put in a second line just for him but it doesn't work out that way because everyone thinks their call is an emergency.
Tom enters Debbie in a spelling bee contest thinking if she does well it will reflects postively on him. He imagines the difference in his life if he had all boys instead of girls.
Dick Powell guest-stars in this episode in which the actual Four Star Studios production lot is used as part of a story involving an important real-estate deal.
Tom hires the wife of an old friend to help out at the office, however she soon starts to take over. The problem is how to get rid of her without hurting her feelings.
A take off on the popular "Candid Camera" series. Tom Ewell is determined never to get caught on that show and he writes to the show telling them. The show receives the letter and decides to find him and photograph him.
When Carol goes off to collage for a week to do her exams, Tom decides to give her room to a young boy from the local orphanage as part of a mentoring program.
Tom's real estate license has expired and he needs to sit an exam to renew it. However, with so many new regulations to learn, Tom's memory isn't what it used to be.