My Big Brother

Steve übernimmt im Rahmen eines Tutorenprogramms für schwierige Kinder und Jugendliche die Big-Brother-Patenschaft für den kleinen Three J. Das aber bereut er schon bald bitter. Denn der Junge entpuppt sich als richtiges Früchtchen.

Urkel volunteers as a Big Brother to a touch street kid who's mastered pick pocketing skills but harbors a secret about his reading ability. Through a charity, Steve becomes a mentor for a tough but charming inner-city nine-year-old, 3J. While tutoring him, Steve discovers that, although 3J is smart, he is illiterate. At first, 3J rejects Steve's help, preferring to survive with his natural talents as always. But Steve excites him about the wonderful worlds of imagination one can find in books, and 3J decides to make his life better by learning to read. Meanwhile, Carl finds Harriette's secret savings account book. He is upset that she hid it from him. But later, he regrets arguing with her when she gives him an expensive gift for which she was secretly saving money.

Steve se apunta como voluntario a para ser el "hermano mayor" de un chico con problemas. Ahí conoce a 3J, un chico inteligente y con un gran potencial pero que resulta que no sabe leer. Steve se ofrece enseñarle pero el chico se niega y prefiere seguir arreglándoselas como hasta ahora, pero al final le enseña las numerosas posibilidades que se le abrirían si decidiera aprender y acaba convenciéndole. Mientras Carl descubre que Harriette tiene una cartilla de ahorros secreta y se mosquea.