Jessica travels to Wyoming to the funeral of an old friend and is faced with the murder of a man everyone despises.
The Bunkers are celebrating Edith's birthday at an Italian restaurant in the city when Archie discovers that Edith failed to mail out a payment to the insurance company. This leads him to run across the street to drop it off. However, on his way he gets stuck in an elevator along with a pregnant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.
Barney's detectives face a New Year's Eve of jumpers, drunks, pickpockets and a Spanish-speaking expectant mother about to give birth.
Chris' daughter is kidnapped to prevent her father from providing Hunter and Chris with vital information on a killer and a counterfeit ring.