Lucky See, Monkey Do - Plot

Plot

With Luanne's pregnancy due date just two weeks away, she, Lucky, and the Hills are out compiling a gift registry for Luanne's upcoming baby shower, as organized by Peggy, who promises to impart as much of her own maternal wisdom to Luanne as she can. At the shower, when most of the other guests prove to be very redneckish, Peggy, Nancy, and Minh are surprised at the arrival of Lucky's sister Myrna, who turns out to be a well-read, articulate modern mother rather than the simple redneck woman they expected from knowing Lucky. Peggy is delighted at first to see that she has a fellow mother in whom to confide concerns about Lucky and Luanne's parenting skills, especially after Lucky reveals his confidence in having learned everything he needs to know about childbirth and childrearing from watching National Geographic television airings about monkeys, but soon comes to realize that Myrna has drastically different ideas about how to raise children. An ensuing argument leads the two of them to accompany Luanne to a parenting class, where all of the wisdom by which Peggy had raised Bobby turns out to be considered outdated if not outright dangerous by contemporary standards. Peggy is further aghast when Luanne decides to begin seeking advice from Myrna instead. Things come to a head, however, when Luanne excitedly shows Peggy the garish, sterile nursery that Myrna designed for the baby, and as the two mothers argue, Luanne goes into labor.

Following Myrna's careful planning, they take Luanne to a new-age birthing center instead of a hospital, accompanied by friends of the family. There, confronted with the idea of giving birth in a tub in front of everybody, including Boomhauer and Dale, Luanne begins to have second thoughts and asks Peggy to take her to a hospital. To create a diversion, Bobby jumps into the birthing tub, and the Hills escort Luanne out of the room and get her to the hospital. Another argument between Peggy and Myrna ensues in the hospital hallway, but after listening to advice from Hank, Luanne decides that she needs to start making the decisions regarding her own life, and she and Lucky leave Myrna and the Hills behind as they head into the maternity ward. Eventually, Lucky re-emerges from the ward, announcing happily, "It's a girl!" The family enters the ward to visit Luanne, who is still dazed from her epidural and proclaims that the baby shall be named after one of their favorite things: "Lasagna". Hank starts to speak up, but Peggy reminds him that they have to let Luanne decide for herself although she reassures him that she is not going to let the couple name their baby Lasagna. The episode ends with a picture of everybody gathered around the baby with the caption 'Gracie Margaret Kleinschmidt, 8.5 pounds, 21 inches'.

Meanwhile, Bill finds out that Jane, the flirtatious order person at the Want-A-Burger restaurant drive-thru, recognizes him as a regular and he develops an attraction to her, but is told that she is actually at a call center in Buckeye, Arizona. He drives to Arizona to find her, only to discover to his disappointment, upon meeting in person at last, that Jane is actually just a teenager. The subplot ends with Bill walking away sadly, to return to Texas alone.