Pattie organizes a baseball game between Bulky's and their rival restaurant, Chunky's. As Coach, Patti discovers that the only time for practice is during working hours, so the gang figures out how to practice and serve the customers.

Alex's tattoo attracts unwanted attention from a biker who mistakes him for a member of a rival gang. The biker instructs Alex to meet in the parking lot after work, where the gang leader will be waiting to settle a score. Alex is terrified.

Much to her chagrin, Robyn finds out that she is going to have to wear big metal braces. Once in place, she refuses to open her mouth, instead choosing to converse with friends and customers through body language and hand-written signs.

Profits are down and Ben must fire an employee to reduce overhead. After conducting an efficiency study to determine who is expendable, it turns out Ben is the one who is expendable. So, like a good Assistant Manager, Ben fires himself.

Pattie reneges on a promise to Tess causing Tess to put a curse on Pattie. Pattie does not believe in curses, but bad luck arrives, nonetheless. Tess says she will remove the curse if Pattie apologizes, but Pattie refuses to do so.

He might hate it, but Alex wants to keep his job at Bulky's. However, his tenure is on thin ice, and on the verge of being terminated, when Ben hires a champion burger flipper to show Alex that he means business.