A famous food critic dies in Mel's Diner, which freaks out everyone.

Alice is thrilled that Mel is taking Tommy camping, until she finds out that it involves hunting as well. Alice refuses to let Tommy go, but he runs away to go camping anyway. It isn't until he shoots an animal that he realizes that his mother was right all along.

Alice does all that she can to stop Rose from becoming a permanent Phoeniz resident.

To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.