
Ralph Kramden is a perpetually flustered but eternally optimistic New York City bus driver living with his wife, Alice, in a small Brooklyn apartment. Ralph's best friend is sanitation worker Ed Norton, who lives in the same building with wife Trixie.

Trixie and Ralph buy Alice the same gift; Ralph nabs a killer.

Ralph thinks he has been promoted; Ralph debates paying taxes.

Ralph plots an early departure for Alice's visiting Aunt Ethel; Ralph thinks he has won a new car.

Resenting a $5 increase in rent, Ralph barricades himself in his apartment, and the landlord retaliates.