When Eric takes a date to a Phillies game instead of him, Cory moves into his tree house.

Cory builds up debt with his father and must pay it off with a distasteful job.

Cory stays up late to watch a baseball game with his Dad then fails a test at school, provoking a confrontation between his father and his teacher, who have different priorities.

When Cory is teamed with an unpopular girl for a school project, she helps him learn to judge people by their actions, not their looks.

Feeny helps Cory prepare for a geography bee; Eric takes a date to a concert.

After Cory cheats on an intelligence test, the results show he is a genius; however, his family and Mr Feeny have their doubts.