George's cousin has a job with a home in Malibu. Since George & Hazel are worried, Hazel visits her. Grace is worried about the men that visit her boss. She and Hazel determine they are part of a crime ring.
A tax appraiser comes to the Baxter house when a prospective client is to visit. Hazel does not realize it is the tax appraiser, and so she starts bragging and exaggerating about all the expensive items in the house. The taxes are raised.
Hazel befriends a down-on-his-luck man she meets in the park. The Baxters hire him to do handy work around the house. Soon, as things disappear, they wonder if he is a thief.
George tells the family he wants to take them out to dinner. Hazel talks him into going to her friends new restaurant. Once there, things do not go well and Hazel and the Baxters become the help.
When Deirdre finds out the local theater is putting on a play for charity, she decides to try out for the lead. She gets a part in the play, but much to her chagrin, she has to play a maid.
George's secretary has an argument with her boyfriend so she goes out with another man from the law firm, Harry. Harry is flattered by her attention, so he proposes to Linda. Hazel decides to get Linda and her boyfriend back together.
Mr. B is fed up with Hazel's constant interference in his affairs, so he makes a new rule for the family that everyone will mind their own business. Hazel is not pleased.