Leonard is traveling home to his mother's for the holidays and his joke about a bomb at airport security gets him and Wyleen held for questioning. Tasha performance review is coming up. Jack would like Joy to take her art work a little more seriously.

Trying to study for her finals, Wyleen is fighting a cold, Boyd's interruptions and Jack's cryptic messages about the content of the final. Boyd cons the campus radio station manager into letting them use the station equipment. Instead of cutting a tape, Boyd lets Leonard rave out over the air about the blues he's feeling.

Boyd and Jack discover a pair of shoes that might have once belonged to JFK. After displaying their lack of knowledge, Tasha tells Boyd they should try to get some culture. Everyone else is imagining what they can do with the money from the sale of the shoes.

When a new president is selected for the college, Boyd loses a job. Cookie expresses an interest in Leonard.

Cross gets on Tasha for disciplining the son of a major college benefactor. Wyleen tells Boyd it is time for him to move out. He looks for a place to stay and winds up with Tasha. Joy is hired by Cross as a professor in Jack's department.