Following the death of her mother, John's cousin Corabeth arrives on the mountain to visit family. It doesn't take long for Ike to fall in love, resulting in John working on setting the pair up. Meanwhile, John Boy arranges to have Erin's picture taken after she shares how left out she feels being a middle child.

When Grandpa has a heart attack and becomes depressed not long before his birthday, his family and friends set out to lift his spirits and restore his will to live.

After a fellow student, a star football player on an athletic scholarship gets caught cheating, John Boy agrees to defend him in front of the university's honor guard so he can stay in school. At home, Jason catches Ben smoking and turns to Grandpa for advice on what to do about it.