While shopping for a burial plot for the family, Al and Peg discover they don't have enough money, so they have to be buried in the same casket.
Brian dates an attractive traveler (Marie Marshall) whose identity surprises him; Helen steals Joe's address book.
Joe and Brian have different reactions to the unexpected reappearance of their ex-convict mother (Barbara Babcock).
Mark attends his high school class reunion and learns that some memories are bittersweet for his old friends.
Jonathan and Mark help a teenage cancer patient named Lee who wants to save the dolphins.