At home a young boy, Richard, accidentally spills the family's sweet-and-sour pork. His mother calms him, offers to remake it and instead takes him to the mall to pick toys. At the toy store he tries on hero costumes and picks Superman for a class party, but another child taunts him about his absent father and Richard says his dad is too busy with work. The mood shifts when his father suddenly appears and says, "Sweetheart, you look so dashing," leaving whether the father will actually spend time with him unresolved as the episode ends.