As a gag, Irene sends Edith and Archie a chain letter and Edith takes the letter seriously and promptly participates in it to avoid bad luck. However, Archie throws his away and he soon begins experiencing a string of bad luck, which includes him believing that he may have contracted hepatitis.

Edith has been busy volunteering part-time at the Sunshine Home for the Elderly and Archie feels abandoned. This prompts him to put his foot down and forbids her to volunteer any more, which doesn't go over very well. Edith puts her foot down and insists that she will keep volunteering as long as she wants too.