Morning at the Molloy house finds Bonnie and Mark getting the kids ready for school, or at least trying to: a distracted Samantha is engrossed in the back of the cereal box and Charlie can't find his gym shorts. Meanwhile, due to a last minute cancellation on Morning Chicago, the station's local weatherman, Johnny Volcano (David Duchovny) — who is very eager to promote a film he has written, directed and starred in — has been booked.

Bonnie and Mark debate who in the house is really in charge, and Bonnie welcomes Johnny Volcano (David Duchovny) back to Morning Chicago to promote his upcoming appearance with Bonnie on the soap opera Moments of the Day.