Nicholas gets into trouble when he kisses a classmate. Michael tries to take advantage of a record exec's interest in Zaria to get his demo tape heard.
Nicholas thinks that Halloween will be anything but a treat after he hears a local legend about a cab-driving ghost. Meanwhile, Michael tries to find a brilliant way to scare Zaria.
Jerri and Robert spend a long Valentine's Day weekend in the Poconos being hounded by time-share salesmen. The kids' enjoyment of this freedom from parents is marred when Ira runs away.
Nicholas decides to enter the talent show, and his classically trained mother steps in as his dance teacher. Wendell and Robert come across Zaria's diary.