Potsie pressures Lori Beth for a date with her sophisticated roommate and gets an embarrassing job to pay his rent; Fonzie joins the Big Brother program and enlists Howard's help for "little brother" Joey's best-friend dilemma.

A major university offers basketball star (but academic non-standout) Chachi a scholarship to attend their school. Fonzie is excited, but Roger and Howard not only fail to show the same enthusiasm, they become suspicious at the college's academic background.