During a birthday party for Bonnie at the Swanson's, Brian spots Bonnie sitting alone in her bedroom looking very sad. She opens up to Brian, telling him that she feels like she's wasted much of her adult life taking care of Joe.
Stewie gets enrolled in a fancy private school. Worried that his new school will be too expensive, Lois gets a job at the post office. While sorting mail, she discovers an old letter Peter had written to an ex-girlfriend, Gretchen.
After Peter gets stuck overnight on the kiddy train at the Quahog Mall, he becomes jealous when Lois fawns over the handsome new Channel 5 reporter, Dallas Portland, who interviews him.
Chris decides to run for homecoming king and, to the surprise of everyone, wins! Lois, Brian, and Stewie fear that Chris's classmates only voted for him in order to pull a prank on him at the dance.
After hearing that Stewie has been having nightmares, Brian decides to help. He tries to cure Stewie by making a list of Stewie's fears and using exposure therapy to deal with them.
