When Martin takes the family on a rare dinner out, Harold meets her.

The Crane's tropical vacation turns out to be a disaster. When Martin mentions the fact on his TV spot, he gets slapped with a lawsuit. He countersues on the basis that they didn't have ""fun"".

Martin needs four grand by Saturday to make a balloon payment on the house. They can't borrow from either set of parents, so they have to borrow from... Harold.

Harold's upset because Martin can't attend any of his Little League games.

Martin invites Rip over for dinner to meet his family. Candy doesn't want Martin to get involved in Rip's personal problems. But when Rip begins reminiscing of his past career in westerns, Martin does just that and suggests Rip make a comeback. Rip takes up Martin's advice and announces his plans to the staff -- where Martin is horrified to hear that Rip mortgaged the station to pay for financing. Worse, Rip lets them all know that it was Martin's idea! Rip holds a private screening to view one scene that's been shot -- which is embarrassingly awful. But Martin has to tell Rip the truth about his nonexistent acting ability or risk putting everybody's jobs in jeopardy.