Dr. Katz is down in the mouth about his less-than-social life after Ben tells him that they're spending too much time together.

Katz goes to an open-mic night to sing, play guitar and embarrass Ben.

After a checkup shows that he's a prime candidate for a heart attack, Dr. Katz asks Stanley and Laura to help him shape up.

Dr. Katz worries that he and Ben's mother failed to provide their son with everything he needed to know about the opposite sex.

In the never-ending struggle to help his son grow up, Dr. Katz suggests that if Ben had his own car, jobs--and dates--might naturally follow.

Ben gets his 15 minutes of fame when he witnesses a crime and is quoted in the paper.

Katz's ex-wife comes to visit Ben, prompting Katz to threaten to move out.

Dr. Katz doesn't see that he needs glasses.

Katz decides to throw an office Christmas party.

A bee traps Katz in his office, while his honey of a secretary offers stinging sympathy.

Ben thinks his dad may have a drinking problem.

A new tenant catches Ben's eye.

Ben disapproves of his father's sleep-over date.

Ben and his father think they're up to building a set of shelves in the living room.

Ben decides he wants to help people and begins mapping out a strategy to do so.

Dr. Katz piques his brain committing his theory of intelligence to paper for an adult-education class.

Disaster does little to color Ben's penchant for samples of hair-care products.

Ben prognosticates all over the place after watching a show on paranormal activity.

Ben decides to go into the celebrity limo business. He moves into Katz's office to do this, which of course annoys Laura.

Julie sets Katz up on a blind date with her friend Beth, who makes her own clothes. Stan put in a good word for Katz, telling Beth that Katz's nickname was ""Scootch.""

Katz decides to keep a bowl of fruit at the office, but it goes rotten pretty fast. He talks about it at the bar, and Stanley pronounces ""fructose"" as ""fruck-tose."" Meanwhile, Ben considers a variety of career options, after being told by his dad that he's ""pissing his life away"". He tries cake decorating and makes a cake made purely of frosting; takes up roller-skating; considers being a truck driver; and asks if there's a job for what he used to do as a kid: put on a pair of dad's pants, pull them way over his head, and stumble around the house.

Ben wants to change his image, and he decides to get an earring, after considering developing a tic, or getting allergies, or dressing like a pirate and calling everyone Captain.

While rummaging around in search of his birth certificate, Ben comes across evidence of Katz's former life: as a hippie folk singer.

Katz gets Ben to play ""Guess Who,"" the old game from Ben's childhood. However, Katz accidentally sees Ben's card via the reflection in the TV, and he uses that information to win, without telling Ben that he had cheated.

Katz got practically no sleep because the air conditioner ""shimmies"" and keeps him awake. He asks Ben to fix it. Then, at work, Katz realizes he's forgotten his day planner and asks Ben to find it.