While the kids were eating breakfast, Annie told them to make Eric feel needed by going to him with their problems.  After Annie left Lucy said she didn't have any problems and Ruthie told everyone that they had problems and what each person's problem was.  Annie walked in on Eric taking off his pants and asked him what was wrong.  He told her that it was that no one needed him and that he felt well enough to start back.  Annie asked him to help her out but he told her he didn't want to do her work but his work.  Robbie went to Lucy to see if Kevin wouldn't help him to know what to say to ask Roxanne out because of her.  Lucy told him that she wasn't going to help him make Roxanne a part of the family.  Robbie talked to Kevin who told Robbie that he and Lucy were not stopping Robbie from dating Roxanne.  Kevin then decided to call Roxanne to put in a good word for Robbie and Roxanne got very angry thinking that Robbie had asked Kevin to call her for him.  She called Lucy on the phone and threatened her.  Later she came by the house later and confronted Robbie angrily in the back yard.

Lucy helped a developmentally challenged man named Paul to convince his family to let him work for a black light musical theater company.  It was a challenge but Lucy finally convinced them to let Paul do it.

Eric tried to help Simon out by inviting Cecilia over without Simon knowing about it.  Simon didn't want her over and avoided her all day until she figured she was invited over because Simon wanted to be her best friend and she was excited about it.  Simon wasn't happy with it which he told his dad about after Cecilia went home.

Ruthie went up to Eric and told him that Simon had a problem and needed some help.  After everyone figured out that Ruthie had been going to Eric telling them that they needed help, Kevin convinced her to go to Eric with her own problems.  She made up a problem of a friend who was being starved by her parents.  She thought Eric would just give her some advice to pass on, but when Eric pressed her for her friend's name, Ruthie panicked and said one that came to mind.  Eric called the police and Roxanne showed up later with the girl and her parents.  Ruthie was called into the living room and Eric demanded an explanation as to why she lied.  She finally explained that she wanted to make Eric feel needed.  Realizing it was a family problem, Ruthie's friend and her parents left and Eric soon learned that it was Annie had told everyone to make Eric feel needed.  He talked with Annie alone where he told her he blamed God.

Kevin tried to figure out why Ben wouldn't go home.  When he told Ben he couldn't stay with him, Ben got Eric's permission to stay with the Camden's.  After Kevin talked to their mom, Ben told Kevin that his mom and her boyfriend had walked in on him and his girlfriend at home and it was awkward which is why he didn't want to go home.  Kevin told Ben to go home but to get his own place.