It's Malcom's birthday and the guests are arriving. Unfortunately nobody comes even though his mother pulled out all the 'stops' to cater for the party.
Malcolm decides to take matters into his own hands and deal with the school bully himself. He manages all this whilst being able to compete with Justin who comes to visit.
Mrs Merton has to take her husband to the dentist and tries to set her friend up on a date. Meanwhile love is in the air for Malcolm and will he be able to convince her or has his mother put her off?
The area is becoming unsafe after a lot of recent killings and Malcolm is in a bad way. Problem is, even though his mother is fussing over him, he's not technically ill...
Mrs Merton's sister comes to visit and they must behave well so that she doesn't think less of them. Mrs Merton feels it her duty to match make so will it all go according to plan?