At school, the children complain about how much they hate gym class, and convince Mr. Frond to allow them to instead have an independent study of synchronized swimming, which they have no intention of actually doing.
At school, the kids ditch gym class for their "independent study" and have fun around town.
Back at the restaurant, Linda announces to the children that she will be coaching them in synchronized swimming instead of letting them run around alone.
Later, Linda takes the kids to the community pool to begin their lessons, and Louise finds numerous ways of staying out of the water.
At the restaurant, Bob finds himself swamped attempting to fill in for Linda and dealing with the new soft serve machine.
Bob’s visions of floating off into happyland based on his new soft-serve machine were good stuff, as were the kids’ remembrances of gym class (especially Tina getting hit in the head with a ball).