Bentley Gregg attempts to get an unwilling and shady witness to testify on behalf of his niece, Kelly, after she is rear-ended in a traffic accident. The other driver claims that it's all Kelly's fault.
Peter views his jury notice as an opportunity to impress his new girlfriend, so he invites her to court to watch him in action. When he's finally chosen, he is humiliated by being kicked off the jury because Mr. Gregg is one of the lawyers.
Hilda the Jewel turns out to be more like Hilda the Horrible, when Bentley Gregg temporarily takes in a vacationing friend's overbearing housemaid to help Peter.
When a pretty election board supervisor needs help, it's Bentley to the rescue. He offers to convert his living room into a polling precinct on election day.
One of Mr. Gregg's clients needs an original theme song for a new sci-fi series. When he hears Peter humming an original tune while vacuuming, he asks for him to record it. Unfortunately, Peter soon forgets the melody.
Peter has an opportunity to go with Mr. Gregg and Kelly on a free trip to Italy, but first he has to prove he's a United States citizen in order to obtain a passport. Easier said than done.
Uncle Bentley allows Kelly to open a personal charge account. It doesn't take long before she becomes a personal loan company to all of her girlfriends.
Bentley's neighbor, Cal, is sick of being bothered by all of Ginger's friends hanging around their swimming pool, so he slyly convinces Bentley into building a backyard pool of his own.
Kelly asks Uncle Bentley for a favor, which leads to a chain of favors made by several people, each favor being dependent on the other being kept. This house of cards is bound to collapse.
After Uncle Bentley refuses to buy a new formal gown for Kelly to wear to a college fraternity dance, she gets a job as a teen fashion model to earn money for a new dress.
Bentley finds Kelly lying to one boy to get out of a date, so she can go out with another boy. She's forbidden to go, and a firm rule is established about strict truth telling-until he's found having to juggle similar lies with clients.