In this pilot episode, Larry King sponsors an immigrant who creates a competition when he opens up his own variety store.
Larry and the boys at his club, want to present Toronto Maple Leafs star Eddie Shack with the ""Kensington Achievement Award"", but Larry is at a crossroad when the big man is fashionably late.
Cathy returns from a trip, with a shocker...she's leaving Larry after 9 years of marriage to discover her own identity. Larry tries everything to keep here there, but she ends up leaving anyway.