Grandma is thrilled to get tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show, but Katherine is not thrilled when Margaret announces on the show that she's dropping out of school to manage a rock band.
After being dumped by her motorcycle-poet boyfriend, Margaret challenges her mother to set up a Korean date for her. She discovers that she likes the guy, so she attempts to act more "traditional" for both their Korean families.
Margaret moves into the basement and dates the handyman who fixes the place up, while Grandma gets a viewer-tracking device but can't handle the pressure of being a TV ratings household.
To asset her independence, Margaret moves out of her parents' home and into an apartment with Ruthie and Gloria, but ends up discovering that good friends don't necessarily mean good roommates.