Capt. Stubing (
Gavin MacLeod)'s hometown friend Laura Hayes (
Rue McClanahan) is married to a volatile salesman George Hayes (
Dick Van Patten); to end his alimony payments, Alan Price (
Alan Thicke) wants to ensure that his ex-wife Sheila Price (
Michelle Phillips) marries her fiancé Lou (
Fred Willard); Julie (
Lauren Tewes)'s Aunt Sylvia (
Carol Channing) and her pal, Betsy Bouchet (
Betty White), plot to persuade publisher John Drake (
Cesar Romero) into publishing Betsy's memoirs.
—Maisie Fleckum