Weekend at Boris'

One Friday morning, Rigalli does not even want to discuss it with her friends, but after she does, her friends remind her of the time she called Miss Ropey "mistress", especially Greta, who explicitly asked if she remembers it. This gains Rigalli's confidence. After school, Mr Boyd interrogatively threatens the Sesame Boy with detention for the rest of her life for yawning without covering his mouth. As he brings Rigalli to his house, he turns on the radio with a song from "The Men from over There" and sings along after telling Rigalli that "she will learn (to like the oldies like 'everyone'", though actually, Rigalli likes the "newies", those more recent).

Now at Mr Boyd's pad (apartment), Rigalli notices a cat door for strays (and Mr Boyd tells her she is kind of a stray herself this weekend, but does not stuff her through it because "[she did] upset the saucer of milk on the other side"). When Mr Boyd gets dinner started, Rigalli says she is so hungry she can eat a horse. For this, Boyd tells her that they are having horse liver with Brussels sprouts and Lima beans, much to Rigalli's dismay. They do not get dessert. Next, they watch *McManus the Vet Detective*, much to Rigalli's dismay, as she wanted to watch wrestling. In the bathroom, much to her disgust, Rigalli is asked to put Boyd's fake teeth back in the jar. Looking at a picture with two women, one of whom she thinks is Madonna, Rigalli learns that it was really Mr Boyd and Chloe (Rigalli's grandmother) in Guam back in 1952. Rigalli is unable to sleep because of Boyd's snoring.

At 5 AM on Saturday, Mr Boyd lifts a barbell 20 times, and then will not let her watch cartoons for it being "kid stuff". They run errands, and Boyd skips the shower due to not having any time for it. First, they are in a barber shop, and then Mr Boyd, after introducing Rigalli to her old friends in a podiatrist's office, gets a bunion scrape (causing the doctor to smell his stench after he removed one of his shoes because "someone didn't shower this morning"), and then they bring home groceries.

Mr Boyd decides to prepare another horse-liver dinner, but Rigalli asks to use the bathroom. Mr Boyd then intends to offer her a choice between creamed asparagus or creamed beets, and so, he begins to check on her. While Rigalli is staying in the bathroom on the phone talking to C.J., she (unaware that Mr Boyd is overhearing her) says she knew that Boyd was mean, but had no idea he was so boring. This hurts Mr Boyd's feelings, and asks himself in the picture of himself and Chloe if he had gotten boring. Later, when he offers to help, Mr Boyd declines and has her go watch some television. So, she watches *Commander Blaine*. Later, as the show is ending, Mr Boyd turns off the TV and tells her it is dinner time. They are having a luau and doing the hula, like Boyd and Rigalli's grandmother used to do it back in Guam. He turns on the record player and shakes his grass skirt, Rigalli joins in. C.J. and her friends are watching, but due to embarrassment, they promise never to talk about it.

Monday, as Mr Boyd is driving Rigalli back to school (late), talking about an unforgettable Sunday consisting of batting practice, a mini golf tournament and eating chili dogs in the park, the former reminds the latter that the latter herself will be the student again and the former will be the teacher again. Because of this, when Rigalli gets out of the car, Mr Boyd yells at her for being late. As Rigalli attempts to explain the reason, Boyd denies any excuses and sends her into the school building.