Wanting to enhance his reputation, Ron agrees to host a talk show for teens with problems. But he's the one with the problem when his hunger for notoriety in his field overtakes his better judgment, and ""Real Talk"" becomes not so real as reel teenagers with real problems pretend to be weirder than they are, and the show becomes a shrill, tabloid gabfest. When Trevor makes Ron admit to himself that doing a fake show is wrong, he quits, but decides to continue counselling the small group of teens.

After being tormented at the hands of Mrs. Gostchel, the office building's meanest tenant, Ron decides to take action, and presents her with a petition calling for her to vacate the premises and signed by everyone — even her brother. But the next morning Ron finds her still sitting in the same position in his office, still clutching the petition, dead. Will his guilt and depression move Ron to pay for the burial of the old witch's earthly remains? Ron is wracked with guilt and even thinks he sees Mrs. Gotschel's ghost. Then the building's security guard admits that Mrs. Gotschel died while having sex with him in Ron's office the previous night, and he propped her up to make Ron think that he caused it. Meanwhile, Rachel doesn't want to relive her experience as a professional basketball cheerleader. However, Ron urges her to try on her old skimpy uniform and attend a cheerleaders' reunion. She enjoys the party, but she realizes that she is content with her life as it is now.

After being mugged at gun point in the parking lot, Bruce goes off the deep end trying to protect himself from another attack. Although he is afraid to step forward and identify his attacker to the police, Ron, Francine and Darby convince Bruce to do the right thing. But when he ends up fingering the wrong man, the accused shows up at the office to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Rachel finds a girlie magazine in Trevor's room and she and Ron try to explain to Trevor why the magazine isn't appropriate—only to discover that he purchased it for the articles.

In hopes of convincing affection-starved Joanna, the only female in his three-member teen therapy group, that having a baby with one of the guys is a bad idea, Ron enlists Rachel and Francine to help him throw them a pre-baby shower. Meanwhile, after damaging a tooth, dentist Bruce reveals a long buried secret — he's afraid to go to the dentist.

Ron and Francine think Bruce's plan to marry a Canadian model he just met so that she can stay in the country is ill-conceived. But when he seems genuinely happy after the wedding, they begin to think the marriage might have a chance - until Bruce confesses that his loveless marriage with a gorgeous trophy wife is not as fulfilling as he had hoped.

It's Christmastime, and Ron and Rachel decide to limit the kids' gifts in hopes of making the holiday less materialistic. When Trevor finds out his friend Julie has run away from home, he hides her in the basement. While taking care of his friend, Trevor fails to complete his gift to Emma, which upsets Ron and Rachel until they find out the reason. After Ron helps Julie reconcile with her father, the Aimes praise Trevor for knowing the true giving spirit of Christmas. Meanwhile, Bruce spends the day helping out at a soup kitchen in order to impress a beautiful woman, who he later learns is a nun, and Francine decides to spend the holiday alone because she misses her daughter, who is spending Christmas with Francine's ex-husband.