While Les devises ways to test his regrowth formula, his colleague has other plans to rescue Lindy. The couple's daughter's untimely arrival home from college for the holidays leaves Les scrambling to come up with an excuse for Lindy's absence.

Les grows concerned that Hilton's involvement in his company has ulterior financial motives; Lindy's plagiarized short story is published in The New Yorker to great critical acclaim, while Terry works to keep the real author quiet.