On top of watching his dysfunctional family crumble around him, Bob faces the wrath of a jealous health inspector who cooks up a nasty rumor about the restaurant's choice of meat.
His in-laws are coming into town, and Bob tries desperately to concoct a plan to avoid them for as long as he can. Unfortunately, Bob did not plan to get stuck in the recesses of the family restaurant.
When Tina develops a crush on the new martial arts instructor in town, she joins the class and ends up shirking her responsibilities at the restaurant. Bob finds out what's going on and decides to take matters into his own hands.
Linda is dying to relive her dream of becoming a star on Broadway, so she decides to host a dinner theater at the restaurant. But on opening night a shocking surprise leaves Linda with a more chilling production than she planned for.
Bob takes a second job as a nighttime cab driver so he can give Tina the 13th birthday party she deserves, and he makes some surprising new friends along the ride.
Linda gets really excited about opening a Bed and Breakfast to capitalize on the high volume of tourists coming into town, but when the guests start to arrive Louise senses espionage afoot.
Linda's eccentric sister Gayle comes to town intending to use the restaurant as a gallery for her paintings during this year's "Art Crawl." Bob is left totally oblivious the comically explicit nature of Gayle's artwork until it's too late.
Bob's landlord has been understanding about the consistent delay in rent, but payment time has come. After getting wind of Bob's financial trouble, Jimmy Pesto faces-off against his mortal enemy by introducing burgers to his own menu.
The family has to stay next door at Mort the Mortician's house since the restaurant is infested with mold. Bob and Linda double date with Mort and his mysterious Internet-girlfriend; while Tina entertains her siblings in the crematorium.
Bob is likely the only person in town excited about the cancellation of this years "Lobsterfest" due to inclement weather. Bob strikes gold when he opens the restaurant regardless of the storm, and is celebrated by the masses.
Bob is giddy as ever when his role model, minor league pitcher Torpedo Jones, gives a shout-out to the restaurant during a game, but is blind-sided upon finding out Torpedo endorses his burgers for reasons which are morally shaky at best.
