Despite feeling judged by Alice, Bram does what he has to do to get an invite to the big party, while Alice chafes at her ""goody two shoes"" image.

One afternoon while delivering her father his briefcase, dateless Alice meets Mark, one of Bram's more gifted students. They agree to see to a movie together, but when Alice discovers Bram favors his story to her own, she subconsciously begins to harm Mark--many times over. Meanwhile, Bram has gourmet chef Theresa over for a romantic meal. Once she reads Mark's story, Bram himself feels the pangs of Mark's praise, and poor Mark ends up getting a double dose of being in the right place at the wrong time.

During all of this, Katie asks Paul over to help move furniture. Mystery man Toshiro (a male incarnation of Maris from ""Frasier"") calls Katie, hears Paul in the background and presumes they're fooling around...a mistake which she chooses to exploit. At the end of the episode, Paul finds himself in an very compromising situation.....and a kimono.