Juliet Tablak
Bud signs up for a virtual reality study at the university and becomes dependent on it, to the point of boxing up the possessions he no longer needs. Al, meanwhile, has found a light switch that does not seem to do anything, and starts taking the house apart.
Kelly needs to learn archery for an audition, and Bud agrees to coach her because Amber finds supportive brothers appealing. Al, meanwhile, has bought an owl costume and is sitting in the backyard tree to scare off a bird. The two plots meet.
Jefferson buys Marcy a nurse Barbie and then learns it is worth fifty thousand dollars, but she will not put it down. His plan requires Al to lie next to her in the dark while he makes the swap. Kelly goes brunette for a public service announcement.
Bud needs quiet to study for a scholarship exam and cannot find any, first at the shoe store and then at home. Then Marcy’s nineteen-year-old niece arrives from Los Angeles and takes an interest in him. This is the episode that introduces Griff.