J.T., who needs extra money, agrees to work for Frank. After failing horribly there, J.T. works for Carol as a shampoo boy. Dana needs to build a birdhouse and Al has to write a segnala on Tom Sawyer. To get decent grades, they switch assignments.
Al asks the pitcher to her baseball team to the school dance. He says yes but when another girl that he likes più asks him he breaks the data with Al. Al is then devastated. Steve Urkel sees her disappointment and tries to cheer her up.
Steve Urkel crash-lands in the Lamberts' yard as they are barbecuing. He turns out to be Mark's science fair partner. After the science fair, he talks to Al, who has has been dumped da a boy she likes for the school dance.
Cody tries to impress Dana and gets a job as a corporate executive. The family decides to get an answering machine. Karen gets a call from a crush named Bobby but neglects to tell Frank that there was a message for him
Frank and Carol become frustrated with their children constantly asking them to run their errands and small favors. Eventually, they lose their patience and implement a rule where the children must do everything for themselves.
