When Bill is in Hong Kong for business, he works with Ng Ho. Bill is impressed with Ng Ho, and invites him to visit in New York. When Ng Ho stays with the Davis' he starts to help around the apartment, too efficiently, and upsets Mr French.
Restless, Bill takes a job in the Yutacan, but then starts to miss the family. It gets worse when he is led to believe, through miscommunication by phone, that Mr. French has the flu and Buffy and Jody are left to take care of him.
Buffy & Jody notice that while they know a lot of the tenants in the building, most of them do not know each other. They ask Mr. French to help them throw a party for everyone. Some tenants get stuck in the elevator when going to the party.
Bill decides to send Cissy to a private girls' school in Connecticut, and even though she would prefer to attend high school locally, she reluctantly agrees to go, thinking Bill wants to get her out of the way.
Jody has been exchanging letters with a pen-pal from Bolivia. Finally, the boy gets a chance to visit Jody in New York. When he arrives, everyone is more interested in him than Jody.
Bill and Jody try to get on the good side of female friends in order to get something they want. Bill wants a job at her company, and Jody wants a stamp for his collection.
Mr. French encounters an old friend while at the park with the twins. Lorna, the nanny for a Duke & Duchess, is visiting in the states. When they are ready to return to England, Mr. French considers returning with her.
Bill is looking forward to a vacation, and Cissy is looking forward to her date with someone new. But the weather turns bad, and there is a blizzard. Everyone is kept at home.
Uncle Bill allows Buffy & Jody to have a friend stay over for a few days while the parents are out of town. But then Uncle Bill finds out the friend is actually a dog, and pets are not allowed in the apartment building.
Uncle Bill and French look forward to a week of quiet when the three children are at different camps during a school break. After a few days, Bill and French realize they have grown used to the noise and chaos of children at home.
Mr. French, Cissy, Buffy and Jody decide to give Bill some time alone for the weekend. Unfortunately, while they are away, a barrage of neighbors stop by, disrupting Bill's relaxation, peace and quiet.
Everything at the Davis' place seems to be in a state of chaos, but Mr. French manages to keep things under control. That is, until one more thing goes wrong.
