When Louise admits that she has never felt scared before, the family goes to a haunted house in an effort to change but mayhem ensues after their visit.
The Belcher children are involved in a goop war prank that takes place on the same day that a journalist is visiting the restaurant to write a profile.
Louise takes a class assignment - and some unhelpful comments from Wayne - personally; Bob hires a masseur-in-training to massage Linda for Mother's Day.
With the threat of a rent increase on Ocean Avenue, Bob and the other tenants rebel. After approaching Fischoeder, the tenants find out that they will have to compete in order to convince him to keep their rents reasonable.
When a vicious storm strikes during the Belcher family's vacation at a beach house in Craggy Neck, they find themselves staying with the mysterious owner.