After Jessie and Ravi discover that Zuri is a chess prodigy, Jessie enters Zuri into a chess competition where she can win two tickets for a trip to Paris. Meanwhile, while watching a show about unsolved crimes, Luke and Emma start to believe that Bertram is the "Scuba Bandit" and try to prove this – however, Bertram finds out and forces them to be his crime assistants.In the end, Zuri throws the match so that her opponent can go home to Paris to see his family and make amends, and Luke and Emma discover that Bertram isn't really the Scuba Bandit – he was just pretending to get back at them for believing that he was, but when they're watching the show again, they start to believe that Jessie is the Sweetheart Thief as the episode ends.
"Jessie" is a new comedy series about a small-town girl who leaves behind her Texas roots and finds a job in the Big Apple as nanny to a high-flying couple's four precocious kids. Jessie accepts a job as a nanny and moves in with the Ross Family - high-flying couple Christina, a former supermodel turned business mogul, and Morgan, a famous movie director, their four kids and beloved 7-foot Asian Water Monitor Lizard.
While Jessie's new big city life is full of opportunity and excitement, she quickly discovers how much she relies on the support and advice of the kids in her care - 13-year-old Emma, the biological child of the bunch, 10-year-old Indian adoptee Ravi, 12-year-old American adoptee Luke and seven-year-old African adoptee Zuri. Also helping Jessie navigate her new big city adventure is Bertram, the family's beloved yet frosty butler, and Tony, the building's 20-year-old doorman.