The spoiled daughter of a tycoon, Brooke Whitfield phones her father, E.G. Whitfield, and asks for money. Instead of wiring cash, her father sends Bill Tillery to escort her back to New York. However, heavy fog closes the airport, and Bill is forced to share Brooke's room. The next day, Brooke accompanies Bill to a business meeting and rescues the negotiation of a merger. After Brooke and Bill fall in love, E.G. grants Bill permission for Brooke's hand in marriage, but Brooke is angry with Bill for leaving her out of the decision. Later, they reconcile, and Brooke accepts. While throwing a bar mitzvah for his nephew, Joe Freilich recognizes the former commandant of his Nazi concentration camp, a man called Spengler. After the man insists his name is Alex Huff, Joe attends Huff's stockholder meeting carrying a pistol. At gunpoint, Huff admits his Nazi past and is taken into custody by two men from the Justice Department. Peter is jealous of all the time Christine is spending with Mark,

The staff prepares for the engagement party of Kelly Howland and Brad Dodge. Kelly's father Ned has urged the marriage for financial reasons: his company needs a merger with Victor Dodge's firm to survive. Ned's wife Margot assures her daughter that love can come later. However, Kelly is in love with a young mathematics teacher, David Newman; in fact, she is carrying his child. Adding more complication, Jonathan Talbot, who is an alcoholic, introduces himself to Kelly as her long-lost Uncle Jonathan. Actually, he is Margot's former lover and Kelly's true father. Due to Ned Howland's actions, Jonathan saw his business crumble and then he sought solace in the bottle. Meanwhile, Christine has learned that a lump in her breast may be malignant. Because the same problem claimed her mother's life, Christine is terrified and turns to Peter for comfort. Peter and Christine drink too much wine, and spend the night together, but they're too inebriated to share anything but sleep and a hangover.