 Sam has a date with intellectual, Claudia Mitchell. As Claudia waits for Sam to finish work, she and Diane meet and hit it off. Claudia is having a good time with her new friend, and asks Sam if Diane can tag along on their date. Diane doesn t want to because of her history with Sam, Sam obviously doesn t want to but he relents thinking that pleasing Claudia will get him one step closer to a roll in the sack. His plan to have a small table for two at the restaurant which would relegate Diane to another table ultimately fails as Claudia wants to spend the time with Diane, so Sam ends up eating alone. Things just get worse as Claudia abruptly ends the date seeing that Sam is no where close to the man she wants in her life. After the fact, Sam accuses Diane of purposely ruining the date because she wants Sam back. Diane fires back that Sam was only trying to make her jealous by dating a clone of her. They re both probably a little right. Cliff is having a relationship issue of another kind. His father, who walked out of his life when he was nine years old, has come back looking for him. Cliff Clavin Sr. wants to make peace with his long lost son before he needs to leave town the following day. Although Cliff Jr. initially wants nothing to do with his father, a childish act on his father s part is the ice-breaker needed, and Cliff Jr. falls under the spell of his dad. They spend a fun filled day together before Cliff Sr. has to head off. He asks Cliff Jr. to come with him to Australia. The departure has to be immediate though as he tells Cliff Jr. that he is a fugitive from the law for real estate fraud. Being a federal employee, Cliff Jr. just can t get over the fact that his father purposely committed a federal offense. Cliff Sr. takes off, but Cliff Jr. doesn t turn him in. It is his dad after all.