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An accident leads to a visit from a social worker; Bob tries to help Mr. Ehlert shoot a commercial.

When the Heck family goes into a cleaning frenzy in order to get the trash out to a passing garbage truck, Frankie accidentally hits Brick with a beer bottle as she attempts to toss it into a bag - causing a small scratch. But when Brick innocently informs his school that his scratch was caused by his mother throwing a beer bottle at him, a social worker is called to look into the matter - sending Frankie into a panic to give off the image that the Hecks are a picture-perfect family. Meanwhile, Bob must help an uncooperative Mr. Ehlert shoot a new commercial advertising the car lot.—ABC Publicity

As usual, the Hecks have left bagging their trash for the now bi-weekly collection round for the last minute. They go into panic mode and narrowly fail. Frankie throws a beer bottle at a bag held by Sue and accidentally scratches Brick, who eagerly overdoes bandaging himself. School policy dictates alerting the police. That leads, after the parents' clumsy defense, to an official investigation by social worker, who remembers having been dumped by bachelor Mike. As 'coaching' brutally honest Brick fails, Axl inquires for the prospect of a 'better foster family' and Sue panics, the Hecks' joint future seems dim. Because Frankie called Ehlert's price-slashing old TV commercial prejudiced, a new version is shot, starring unfortunate Bob.—KGF Vissers