Hilton has a nightmare that he's been fired from the airline, and his wife Ruth reminds him that it already happened to him three weeks ago along with 10,000 others. Ruth tells her friend Pauline that it's tough having Hilton around the house all day - he's trying to fix things that aren't broken.

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.

Hilton's cousin Earl has secretly checked himself into the hospital for a colonoscopy procedure, not telling his wife Lillian because he doesn't want her to worry. Hilton visits Earl, and he warns Ruth and Pauline to keep Earl's secret from Lillian, who's coming over to see him.

Hilton and Ruth take a winter vacation in Florida and are so enchanted with the weather, the fresh oranges, the vegetation and the peace and quiet that they decide to put their house on the market immediately and move as soon as possible.

When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to Griffin, the two challenge each other to a 24-hour contest to see which man has more self-control.

Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize - a weekend for two at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Hilton is afraid to tell his wife, knowing she will disapprove of his new job. Instead, he lies and claims that he's now driving Danny Aiello's limo.

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.

Hilton feels cheated that his company laid him off without even a goodbye party, but Ruth tells him he's being childish.

Pauline is absolutely thrilled that, after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new boyfriend Gregory, a self-absorbed, self-proclaimed genius who disturbs Hilton. When she decides to dump him because he's too uptight, Ruth thinks that Hilton is really the one to blame and sends him off to remedy the situation.

With Ruth's birthday coming up, Erica suggests that Hilton buy her something other than a sweater, which has been his gift every year for the past ten years. In an attempt to be more original, Hilton paints a plate for Ruth at a pottery store.