Tom calls Lynette and tells her to come home when the children are sent home due to chicken pox. Tom asks Lynette to stay home from work for a few days since he does not want to catch the highly contagious rash. When Lynette asks why Tom will not come into the house he tells her that he has never had it and it can cause sterility. Lynette wonders why Tom is thinking about more children when they already have four. Tom tells her that just in case they divorce or Lynette dies he would like the chance to marry and start another family. Lynette becomes angry at this and asks Tom to have a vasectomy. The following evening, Tom arrives back home and announces that he decided not to go through with the procedure. He tells Lynette that he will no longer feel like a man if he does it and that if she cannot understand this there will be problems in the marriage.