An aspiring writer discovers that her literary idol is also her real father, and she sets out to get to know him.
Bram schemes to seduce a sexy new neighbor, but Alice inadvertently interferes. Bram decides to retaliate.
Bram's finances are a mess. Alice gets him to agree to clean up his act, but he decides to score big in a poker game with a new, seemingly clueless and boorish neighbor.
Alice sets out to prove to Bram that she is not just a "goody two shoes". Bram pulls out the stops to get an invitation to a party.
Bram tricks Alice into reading a student's manuscript, by pretending it is his own work.
Bram is in need of money to make his alimony payment, and decides to steal a first edition of one of his books from a recently deceased neighbor.
Alice wants Bram to read her story, and she is pleased when he calls it "solid". However, Alice is jealous when Bram rates one of his student's stories as "brilliant", a student that Alice is dating.
Alice's mother travels to New York to warn Bram that Alice knows he is her father and that Alice is now living in New York.