George is on the dole when a new job falls into his lap: Station Chief! The family is overjoyed! However, the station is in outer-space, far from Earth! What will they encounter all the way out there? Each one projects their worst fears and highest hopes. Enthusiasm wins out in the end. The Martins: wife, children, animals and even Gran take off for this new El Dorado. However, it turns out to be a suburban zone no bigger than a football field!
Boris, a Russian astronaut forgotten in space, has drifted onto an unknown space station. Terror strikes in the Martin home: an alien has just entered the space lock!!
Betty hears voices. Nobody pays any attention as they are too busy trying to get rid of the cockroaches that have overrun the station. When the voice tells her that it is a Prince and that he and his are being persecuted, Betty quivers with romantic and militant passion.
Attacked by an alien, Boris loses control of his shuttle. Benjamin saves him by starting up the automatic pilot. That's when the problems start!
As the Station Chief, George literally controls the skies. The day he realizes this, thanks to Gran's prodding, he imposes his point of view and ends up believing that he is God! There are those that are with him, those that are against him and the converted!
Monica is bored. Extra terrestrials are nowhere in sight and George is more and more distant. When she realizes that Krach Industries are using them as lab rats, she wants to go back to Earth immediately!
Disappointed with his birthday present, Benjamin storms out. It's Sunday and there is nothing to do but get bored. When the supermarket door opens all by itself in front of him, Benjamin can't help but slip inside and steal the comic book he wanted.