After Charlie has gone out to play darts with his pub friends rather than go to dinner with her Caroline is cross with him. His mates tell him he is hen-pecked so,in order to get out of escorting Caroline to the ballet he feigns illness and has a poker night with the lads but when Caroline arrives home and rumbles him they have a massive falling-out with Charlie staying out all night. Ultimately they reach a compromise though again Caoline seems to have the upper hand