Archie gets into an argument with Barney Hefner over who has the cuter grandchild. When Archie learns Barney has enter his grandchild in a newspaper's beautiful baby contest, Archie decides to do the same and tries to get the perfect snapshot of Joey. However, he soon has a battle on his hands when Mike and Gloria forbid him to enter Joey into the contest.

It's Christmas and Edith. Archie, Gloria, and Mike are hosting Archie's friend Pinky for dinner. Things soon get tense when David, an old friend of Mike's unexpectedly drops by. When David lets it slip that he's a draft dodger, an enraged Archie attempts to kick him out of the house, only to be stopped by an impassioned plea to let him stay by Pinky, because it's what his son, who was killed in action, would have wanted.