Mrs. Oleson decides that reopening Nellie's Restaurant and Hotel as a franchised restaurant will result in big business for the fledgling business. Does she have what it takes to meet the demands of a tough franchiser, and can she fight off unexpected competition from Charles and Nels when they open up their own restaurant?
A Martian drug turns Mrs. Brown into a piano virtuoso.
Eb learns that $538 is not enough to build a house on the two acres the Douglases gave to him and Darlene. His schemes to raise a down payment include turning the Douglas farm into a bed and breakfast a dump and a trailer camp.
Oliver wants to have a simple romantic Sunday picnic with Lisa. His plans change with the addition of Eb his girfriend her parents and grandpa Sam Drucker and his date Hank Kimball an old lady from the gas station an accordian and a sousaphone.