Axl expects bookworm Brick to write his book report, even if he has to bribe kid brother for each page, initially with football kicking lessons, later with anything that gives the tyke a warm brotherly feeling. For years, the Hecks have been cowardly looking away, like their other neighbors, concerning the constant mischief and worse of the four Glossner brothers and their even more impertinent, separated mother Rita. Ever-naive Sue picks a 'martial arts fight' with two of them, who cheerfully confiscate her radio. Now the parents can't keep looking away anymore, although Frankie starts to imagine single mother Rita may he cranky due to all to well-known domestic frustrations.
—KGF Vissers