Mark, deeply concerned about his son's new love interest and stuck home with a broken leg, takes to eyeing his neighbors through binoculars, a la Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window.".
Calvin Laird, Mark and Steve's neighbor, threatens his girlfriend violently when she challenges his mean behavior. His repeated playing of loud music bothers the Sloan's to no end.
Carl Merrick, the man who killed Nikki's father, is back after escaping from prison and this time he plans to destroy a space shuttle on its way back to earth after having fixed a satellite in space.
