Meanwhile, Wesley's hamster got loose somewhere in the house, Heather's boyfriend is pressuring her into a more serious relationship, and Kevin brings home a bad report card.
Immediately after they leave, events go out of control, when Heather sneaks out with her friends to see a Prince concert and Wesley brings a massage therapist (Donna Pescow) over for a stressed-out Belvedere.
Heather and Wesley are collecting canned items to take to a food drive and while they are out they run across a bag lady (Anne Haney) and decide to bring her home.
Meanwhile, George and Mr. Belvedere hold a contest concerning the stock market, and Heather considers cheating on an algebra exam in order to bring her grades up.
While at the library, studying for his SAT's, Kevin runs into a lost Amish girl (Kerry Noonan) whom he brings home, where she marvels at modern conveniences.
Heather and Angela are participating in an Adopt-a-Grandparent program at a retirement home and Wesley is talked into going with the prospect of squeezing some money out of an unsuspecting old person (Barbara Townsend).
Mr. Belvedere saves his life but after he recovers, George quits his sports writing job and decides to do some things he always wanted to do, including taking up a career as a lounge singer.
Wesley is competing in a spelling bee at school and one of his female opponents (Natalie Gregory) cozies up to him, but her intentions are hardly innocent.
The media attention leads the Owens' financial situation to become public knowledge and they find themselves swamped with gifts from the people in the community.
Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere may be in hot water when he accidentally lets Wesley's pet myna bird (voiced by Karen Hartman) fly out the window.
The ruse ultimately wears thin, a la Rashomon, due to mounting evidence...but not before Wesley is placed in therapy by his parents (because they think he's experimenting with alcohol and pornography).
Meanwhile, George and Marsha's second honeymoon is a bust, and they decide to high tail to Atlantic City as well, leaving Mr. Belvedere furious when he learns that Heather and Wesley have left the state.
Kevin and Mr. Belvedere quickly hitch a ride with Robert Goulet, with their destination being Atlantic City and the stage is set for all parties to collide while Mr. Sparks has the time of his life.
After some soul searching, Kevin finally makes up his mind, he decides on nursing and he quits his current part time job and gets one as an orderly at a hospital.
One evening, Kevin brings home his date (Clare Carey) thinking he has the house to himself, only to discover George and Marsha making out on the couch.
Meanwhile, Kevin baby-sits his girlfriend's quasi-feral cat that escapes and holds Marsha, Heather, and Wesley hostage, while totally destroying the house.
However, a last minute trip to the supermarket gets them into trouble when they run into Mr. Belvedere and two armed robbers, and soon find themselves front and center on the six o'clock news.
Worried that braces would ruin relationship with a girl Kimberly (Jenny Lewis), Wesley quickly comes up with a plot to try to avoid getting them, but his ill thought out plan does not fool Mr. Belvedere.
Little does her family know, that she has quit altogether at the Legal Hut and has taken up a position as a singing waitress at a '50s style restaurant but Marsha's secretive behavior has George convinced that she is having an affair.
The family seeks a temporary housekeeper and after a handful of disastrous interviews, one presents himself in the shape of Mr. Belvedere's dwarf cousin, Galen (David Rappaport), who's out for more than just a job and a friendly visit, he wants revenge.
Meanwhile, for a business class, Kevin observes the operations at a plumbing supplies company and meets a feisty woman (Eileen Seeley) whom he discovers that she lives next door to him.
Wesley and Heather talk their parents into letting them throw a New Year's party and to get Mr. Belvedere out of the house they set him up with the Hufnagel's housekeeper, Ilsa (Rosemary Forsyth).
The town of Beaver Falls is stricken with fear with the Highheel Bandit on the loose and the neighborhood rallies together and forms a task force headed by two members of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh club.
This leads George, Kevin and Mr. Belvedere to stakeout the neighborhood even going as far as dressing in drag to serve as decoys for the ruthless bandit.
Meanwhile, a hick family moves in down the street and they begin to torment Wesley, Heather, and George, while Marsha is preoccupied with putting together a case for a client.
Meanwhile, George discovers Marsha has been secretly saving money to buy a Porsche, and Kevin joins the pep squad in an attempt to meet girls, but ends up becoming the team mascot.
Wesley gets a part time job at the donut shop, and immediately develops a crush on Lou Anne's daughter Sheila (Yunoka Doyle).
Marsha takes weekend custody of a baby named Nelson when an adoption arranged by her law firm falls through, causing havoc for the entire Owens household.
When she sings a guard (Zelda Rubinstein) out of a hostage crisis, she returns home just as the family confronts her, thinking she is Sharon—just when she wakes up, a victim of a nightmare caused by anxiety about an upcoming criminal defense case.
While at the laundromat with Wesley, Mr. Belvedere meets Louise Gilbert (Rosemary Forsyth), a nice woman whose work in the African jungle has temporarily been halted.