Lloyd and Abacus are on the hunt for a nice quiet spot to play their favourite board game. The trouble is that everywhere is either too loud, busy, or too dangerous.

Lloyd has an unexpected windfall of crumbs and sets out to buy happiness. However, he soon learns that crumbs can't buy true happiness.

With Gena and Malcolm out for the evening, Lloyd is left in charge of PB and 224 maggots. Keen to get his duties over as quickly as possible, Lloyd skimps on the bedtime story, prompting a mass exodus of maggots.

Lloyd adopts a tardigrade as a pet in spite of his parents warning that they never live for long. Regardless of his efforts to keep Nutbum alive, Lloyd finds it apparently dead the next day, but thankfully, Cornea knows exactly what to do.

Keen to prove to Queen Libby and his parents that he is hardworking, Lloyd volunteers to work in the ant colony for a day, swapping with ant Annie 209, who replaces him at home. However, things don't go to plan, and Lloyd creates chaos in the colony.

Lloyd tries to educate PB about the danger of spiders by luring one out with a decoy fly. His clumsy attempts attract a curious spider called Julie, who PB immediately wants to befriend. Lloyd must try to accept that some spiders may not be that bad.