Brian decides to declare his love for Lois as she and Peter accompany him to a writers' convention, and the Griffin kids are babysat by Herbert.
When Brian decides to look up an old flame on a whim, he discovers, to his horror, that he is the father of her teenage son.
Peter begins to act like a pirate when he gets a parrot, creating havoc in Quahog; Chris falls for vet intern Anna.