Sophia gets Dorothy to help her make deliveries for meals on wheels at a nearby apartment building. When Sophia is talking to one of residents, Dorothy discovers that one of the people on the route is an aging hippie scared to leave his apartment. As a result, Dorothy takes it upon herself to try to and re-introduce him to society slowly, only things don't go as planned. At home. Rose wants to throw Blanche a surprise birthday party.

Dorothy is working as a long-term sub at a local high school. When Sophia discovers that she is starting to be harassed into giving the football star a passing grade in English, Sophia joins a long line of football supporters in pressuring Dorothy into giving the student a passing grade. Elsewhere, Rose is hesitant into turning in her dentist after he sexually harasses her.