Thom Sharp

Harry announces that he is retiring and selling the hardware store. Tim organizes a fundraising party for the store, but ends up buying it himself. But when the customers dry up, Tim begins to wonder what he is doing wrong.

It's Jill's turn to worry about needing glasses as she reaches middle age. Tim worries that his mother is going to lose money on another of his brother Jeff's business schemes.

Randy returns from Costa Rica for Christmas only to discover the changes that have taken place in his absence and that life has gone on without him.

Tim and Jill's plans to spend some time together are interrupted when Tim's brother and Jill's sister announce that they are an item.

Tim's brothers help move their mother out of the family home, but Tim takes an immediate dislike to the new owners' plans for the place.