Maggie quickly relearns that she can't remain anonymous in a small town, when she tries to help Tom out with his landlord problem, he can't get his water problem fixed. Her efforts to help Tom, get him evicted and Mr. Stickley, the landlord, also happens to be the representative from the landlord tenant association, amongst his other responsibilities. Meanwhile, Lisa is finding herself attracted to Tom's unkempt, ""skanky different"" look. A solution to Tom's need for an apartment is found above the Winters' garage.

Maggie and Estelle discover that they've been robbed. When the local sheriff proves to be ineffective, Maggie, fearing her small town is going to lose its ability to leave its doors open, looks to take action. She goes to the town meeting and finds that she is the only one really concerned about the problem, so she is put in charge of the neighborhood watch, the others present are more interested in refreshments. Maggie manages to get the townspeople concerned about the crime wave, to the point where they begin panicking. Then Maggie discovers the culprit.

Estelle throws her back out of whack. Maggie offers to stay home, but meets with objections from her mother. As the girls discuss the fact their parents are getting older, Maggie begins to worry. Especially, when she returns home to find her mother tripping on muscle relaxants. So Maggie begins working from home and helping her mother out, but does Estelle beginning to take advantage of the situation? Because it is part of what she does and who she is, Maggie overreacts.

It's girl's night out! Tom's not invited, so Estelle suggests that he have a guy's night out. Maggie plans to take the girls to a place her ex-husband never took her to, so imagine her surprise when they run into him and his girlfriend there. The rest of Maggie's evening is spent reconciling her feelings for Jack. When Tom's arrangements don't go as planned, he winds up spending the evening with Estelle.