To help preserve a woman's pride, Matt lies to his family and secretly helps an old Mrs. Bink (guest-star Eileen Brennan) around her house. Eric becomes very concerned when Matt begins to miss church and is skipping school with Mary to help Mrs. Bink when he won't tell Eric and Annie about his secret. Although, Annie is calm about everything and knows that there is nothing bad happening and that there is a good reason behind all of this. Meanwhile, Eric tries to help a homeless family by breaking things in his church so that they can work to make the money and keep them off the streets. Also, Lucy is a little depressed over the lack of enthusiasm over her 13th birthday and that her father won't let her have a boy/girl party. Although, Lucy gets her wish by the end, and a little surprise when she finds out that her boyfriend's friend likes her. Lastly, Happy finally delivers her puppies as the Camdens begin to sell them.

After Al tells Bud to lower his standards in women, Bud starts dating Al's boss Gary.

In the year 1940, two female archaeologists searching for the Xena scrolls end up in an ancient tomb confronting legendary figures from the past.

There's a huge fire on a pier. The fire place fishermen and tourists are in a deadly situation. But the lifeguards and the firemen who work together as a team can rescue them all. Everyone like how well they cooperate. Then Sam and Captain Huntington from the Fire Department put together an elite Search & Rescue. The Search & Rescue Unit will include three lifeguards and three firemen. Everybody have a chance to qualify for the unit. A rivalry develops during the training session and Newmie ends up injuring his knee. In the end, Neely, Cody and a lifeguard from Catalina named Rick Jenner, qualifies for the unit. From the firemen, Terry, Clay and Jess get to go. The unit will have to show their newly gained skills during a building fire. The building is about to collapse on trapped victims. They save two victims in the garage. In the end, Neely, Cody and Jenner have to decide if they want to be lifguards or firemen because they can't be both. Meanwhile, Mitch is having problems with

Jim is going to the hospital for a hernia operation. Frank and Murphy both fight to do the commentary during his absence. Kay leaves the decision up to them. They decide to ask Jim, despite the fact that Jim is just regaining consciousness from his operation. Corky gets a protégé, who's a lot like she was years ago; it slowly drives her nuts.