In the first episode Jack and Janet live in the apartment over Jack's Bistro. They discover that Mr. Angelino, unable to pay the bills has disappeared and that Jack's Bistro is in danger of re-possession. It is bought by Janet's father, James Wood (James Garner) who plans to shut it down and turn it into a traveling agency, and offers Jack and Janet to move in with him, until they find a "reasonable place" to live. It is Janet who comes up with the perfect solution: They will have to try and convince her father that they keep the bistro how it is, and have her father be the new manager. so Jack invites Janet's father over for diner to discuss buisness plans.