By chance, Hilton brings Erica's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the struggling flower shop for Ruth and Pauline to enjoy when, just as he's setting out the coffee, strangers ask to buy the goodies. This gives Hilton an idea and he invests in a fancy espresso machine, forces Erica to wake-up in the middle of the night to bake cookies and turns the flower shop into the Flower Café.

Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin, narrating children's stories. He just can't refuse the temptation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales. Will he have his poetic license revoked?

Erica and her cat Sherman moves back in with Hilton and Ruth. Meanwhile, a discarded positive pregnancy test has everyone jumping to conclusions.

Ruth's high school friend, now a pop star, visits during a singing tour and gives Ruth the chance to sing with her old group.

When Griffin tries to back out of a lucrative out-of-state concert gig because of a flying phobia, Hilton vows that he will get Griffin on the plane no matter what it takes.

Pauline's boyfriend leaves her for a 26-year-old aerobics instructor. She's so depressed that Ruth decides to set her up on a blind date with Richard, her Spanish instructor.

The nude model from Hilton's art class finds her clothes missing after class. It's Hilton to the rescue, not knowing her irate husband has the wrong impression and is hot on their trail.

When band leader Paul Shaffer and a producer from "The Late Show with David Letterman" stop by the café, Hilton wrangles an invitation to appear on the show.

Ruth has some issues with Hilton that need to be resolved, so they go to a group therapy session that includes some of Hilton's former co-workers from the airline. At the end of the session, the group gathers at a nearby pub where Hilton advises Ron, who's having both work and marital problems, to demand a raise and stand up to his wife.

Hilton goes to school to become a security guard, and when Pauline sees him with his graduating class, she swears she'll never feel safe again. She urges Ruth to stop Hilton before he hurts himself or someone else.