Arthur and his friends sign a petition at school to survive one week without television. Everyone tries to resist the temptation of TV while they go through their week, with Arthur and Buster struggling in particular. Binky has a night light and tries to go without it when Arthur has to stay over. Binky goes through another nightmare, and Arthur finds out about it. He believes that Arthur will tell everyone his secret, though Arthur is not particularly interested. Even so, Binky tries to pamper Arthur to keep his secret until Binky finally decides to admit it to avoid Arthur possibly telling everyone.