Upon arriving, Buck quickly befriends Miles and Maizy, but the rebellious Tia is hostile, and the two engage in a battle of wills. When Buck meets Tia's obnoxious boyfriend, Bug, he warns her that Bug is only interested in her for sex and repeatedly thwarts her plans to sneak away on dates with him. Over the next several days, he deals with a number of situations in comedic fashion, including taking the kids to his favorite bowling alley, making enormous pancakes for Miles' birthday, ejecting a drunk birthday clown from the property, berating the school’s assistant principal about her being overly strict about Maizy's behavior in class, and handling the laundry when the washing machine does not work. Eventually, Tia exacts revenge on Buck for meddling in her relationship by tricking Chanice into thinking that Buck is cheating on her with their neighbor, Marcie. The next day, Chanice comes over to confront Buck about what she heard, which leads to the couple having an argument upon her seeing Buck dancing with Marcie in the living room; Chanice leaves him.