Dick and Mary both receive a chain letter. Mary throws hers away and a lot of bad luck befalls her. Don treats Tommy and Alissa to a series of ice hockey games for which he bought tickets for when he was dating Sally, but Tommy begins to worry that he isn't manly enough to compete with the likes of the players. Sally and Harry visit a hardware store, where Sally takes a liking to a series of workers, while Harry is mistaken for an employee, due to his bright orange shirt.

Sally meets Italian-American Sammy Marchetti, who's also known as 'the Butcher'. Mary & Dick and Harry & Vicki go to a couples' retreat.