With two girlfriends too many--namely Linda (Haylie Johnson) and Stacy (Molly Morgan)--Shawn (Rider Strong) suggests that he and Cory (Ben Savage) take turns dating them. Cory is merely to act as Shawn's "beard", while Shawn tries to decide which girl he really wants. Unfortunately, the girl Shawn prefers wants nothing to do with him--but Cory is crazy about her. This plot, coupled with a subplot involving an argument between Cory's parents over household spending, is somehow connected with Mr. Turner's current class study of the Cuban Missile Crisis! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi