After forcing Bob to return the car he bought as a surprise for her, Ginnie has a change of heart and decides to have Marjee teach her to drive instead. Rose's new relationship with Alex (guest star Chris Carmack) hits a bumpy patch when he questions whether Rose's best friend, Joel (guest star Kyle Howard), has feelings for her; and Anne quickly realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew when her father, Joe (guest star Tom Irwin), asks her to help his emotionally troubled fiancée, Renee (guest star Christine Ebersole). Rose questioneds her sisters about her realishonship with Alex

With Christmas festivities in full swing at the Sorelli house, Rose is torn between the two men (guest stars Chris Carmack and Kyle Howard) in her life, while Marjee finds herself in unfamiliar relationship territory when she realizes she may be developing feelings for her boss's boyfriend, Jason (guest star Julian Ovenden). Meanwhile, Ginnie is thrown for a loop when Bob announces at the last minute that his parents - most notably his cold-as-a-fish mother (guest star Judith Ivey) -- will be joining them for Christmas, and Anne is put in an awkward situation with her father, Joe (guest star Tom Irwin), and Renee (guest star Christine Ebersole), who is keeping a big secret.

Ginnie is devastated when her doctor informs her that pregnancy complications will prevent her from attending her father’s (guest-star Tom Irwin) wedding to Renee (guest-star Christine Ebersole), but Bob devises a plan to keep the family together. Anne encourages her ex-boyfriend, Danny (guest-star Dan Futterman), to come to the wedding even though she is taking Marco (guest-star Victor Webster) as her date, and Marjee is furious that Renee’s son (guest-star Peter Paige) ruined the sister’s surprise wedding gift by announcing his gift first. Meanwhile, Rose and Alex (guest star Chris Carmack) decide to ignore a strict drama school policy and audition to be movie extras in a local production

Ginnie and Bob continue to do their best in fixing their current marital problems. The couple decides to spend the weekend at the Cape, with the suggestion of Ginnie's father Joe (guest-star Tom Irwin). Marjee invites Jason (guest-star Julian Ovenden) to move into Anne’s place after Trish (guest-star Anne Ramsay) evicts him from her apartment. Meanwhile, Rose continues to drive a wedge in between Joel and his girlfriend Chloe as she kisses Joel after getting drunk at a college party. Lasty, Joe breaks the news to Ginnie that he and Renee (Christine Ebersole) are planning to make the Cape their permanent home, and a panicked Ginnie calls in her sisters as reinforcements.