Max and Caroline are suspicious of the new upstairs neighbour, Sophie, who moves in after the old tenant dies.
Jeff's return home is ruined by his allergy to the family's corpse-sniffing German Shepherd but his daughter refuses to give away the dog. Concerned about his agent's welfare, Larry figures out a way to give the pooch to the Braudys, who are looking for just such a dog.
Larry, Cheryl, Jeff and Susie encounter a "nanny from hell" whose reign of terror is thwarted by ten sponge cakes. Larry commits a "penis faux pas" after a pool party, and Richard Lewis seeks immortality from Bartlett's Quotations.
Marty Funkhouser cashing in on Larry's empty gesture, regarding his mentally ill sister and Susie's dinner party invitation protocols, lands Jeff in a sticky situation.
Having invested in a restaurant with Ted Danson, Larry shops for waiters' uniforms in lieu of attending his dentist's dinner party. Following an emergency visit to his dentist (who learns why Larry skipped the party), Larry is left with two abnormally large front teeth.
