After Howard loses his temper and blasts her for forgetting to set the emergency brake and wrecking the car, Marion Cunningham opts for jail-time instead of a traffic fine to prove to her husband that she can be responsible for her actions.

Embarrassed when girlfriend Lori Beth makes him wear a silly Humpty Dumpty costume for the Homecoming Parade, unhappy Richie Cunningham storms off to a bar for a root beer and is swept off his feet by a sophisticated freelance photographer he meets there, beautiful Barbara Thomas.