Muriel’s scheme to encourage her husband to mow the back lawn backfires. Meanwhile, Dudley attempts to recapture lost romance by booking a table for them at The Candlelight Room for dinner. Here he makes the acquaintance of Royston Higson, a rotund area manager traveling in ladies’ underwear and would-be womanizer. Jacqui and Susan go to the restaurant, suspecting their father is dating an old flame, and an intimate twosome becomes a foursome. Dudley realizes he has left home without money, but rescue comes from an unexpected quarter.