Nancy arrives home early and finds her husband, Jeff, with another woman, forcing her to move back in with her family; Buddy runs away after overhearing Kate talking about her children.

Kate tries to be composed while awaiting results of a breast-tumor biopsy; Buddy's best friend prepares to move.

Willie's relationship with Salina, a girl who works in a health food store, creates friction between him and Buddy. The situation is further complicated when it is learned that Salina is three months pregnant.

Willie can't accept that a visit by his outspoken maternal grandmother (Mildred Natwick) may be her last.

The christening of Nancy and Jeff's baby causes conflict when he is named after a Lawrence son lost years earlier during a fishing trip.

A burglary in the Lawrence home makes it difficult for Willie to announce his intention to leave home and live on the farm he inherited.