After over hearing a conversation by Jerry and Millie, Rob and Laura have to go to there house for a party.

Richie gives his dad an idea about a talking bowling pin, unbeknownst to Rob it was already done by another tv show.

Sally dates a conman that wants her to write standup material for him.

Rob drives himself beyond distraction trying to figure out whether Laura is going to throw him a surprise party for his birthday and, if she IS going to throw a surprise party, when and where it's going to happen.

Laura's old beau re-enters the Petries' lives as Alan Brady's newest sponsor. His appearance coincides with Rob's agitation over personal finances, triggering insecurities.

Suspected infidelity puts Buddy's marriage to Pickles in jeopardy, and Rob, friends to both, finds himself situated between an enraged husband and an hysterical wife. 

Tracy Rattigan, the show's guest host while Alan Brady's on vacation, is a charming but incorrigible flirt, the extent of which Laura and Rob discover to their discomfort. 

In answer to an invitation, the Petries attend a swank dinner party thrown by wealthy Mrs. Huntington, which later reveals itself to be a fund-raiser where Rob's compliant gesture turns into a donation far beyond his means. 

Rob plans to make himself scarce when he hears French heartthrob Jacques Savon is Alan's guest star, a man whose marriage Rob feels responsible for breaking up. Oddly enough, Laura feels responsible, too. 

The gang vacations at Rob's army buddy's new resort, but when Rob incapacitates its headlining comic, he gets the gang to help put on a show to make up for it. 

The Petries hire a painter for their living room who ends up doing a lot, other than what they hired him to do. 

Laura is upset with Rob after he picks up a check.

After a heated argument with Mel over a sketch, Rob walks out thinking he has lost his job

Rob does an interview with a tv interviewer that makes Laura very angry

Rob recounts the wrath and fury he encountered when he broke his engagement with his hometown sweetheart, Dorothy, after he and Laura became engaged.

A successive string of neighborhood cat burglaries makes the Petries and the Helpers jumpy, all of whom get victimized despite their hyper-vigilance over every little sound.

Dreading the thought of being forced to direct a fund-raising show by Mrs Billings of the PTA, Rob remembers the previous year's show when he tried to cast the role of Cleopatra.

Rob suffers pangs of guilt after a dental emergency arises while Jerry's out of town, forcing Rob to accept treatment from another dentist whom Rob finds superior.

Rob begins to fear that he is allergic to his own family when proximity to Laura and Ritchie makes him start sneezing.

Ritchie claims he keeps being attacked by a giant woodpecker. 

Rob suspects co-writers Buddy and Sally of carrying on a clandestine romance.

Rob and Laura have a terrible fight, after each has experienced a difficult day. Afterwards, each of them remember the fight very differently.

When handsome Ric Vallone is the guest star on the Alan Brady Show, Rob grows increasingly concerned that Sally is falling madly for the star, who is unaware of this complication.

Ritchie finds his birth certificate and wants an explanation for his middle name.

A hypnotist visits a Petrie dinner party where Rob accidentally picks up a post-hypnotic suggestion.

Rob doesn't know what he's in for when he invites Buddy's charming, pool hustling brother Blackie over for dinner and a friendly game of billiards.

Rob discovers Laura's secret bank account. Its mystery preoccupies his thoughts till he finally has to confront her and ask what it's for.

Rob tells Ritchie the story about how a crippled jeep and a sprained ankle made Rob two hours late for his own wedding.

To prove that a wife cannot always recognize her husband on the phone, Rob disguises his voice and calls Laura.

Rob reluctantly brings home 2 baby ducks from the office