Max gives Rudy advice that he hopes will cause her early retirement as Sheriff, but his plan backfires and she nabs an international spy on her first day.

Eva Gabor reports a theft to Hildy, and gives her a rhyming note, signed ""The Butterfly,"" which communicates a threat to rob the Gabor family's ruby that is on exhibit at the International Jewelry Show. Hildy recognizes the suspect as the man who eluded her husband, the former Sheriff, five years earlier. Although she foils the theft and ""evens the score"" the thief cleverly escapes. Hildy plans to net The Butterfly, a notorious jewel thief who steals a priceless ruby owned by Eva Gabor (HERSELF).

Hildy discovers the true meaning of trouble when Gussie gets a driver's license and collides with a reindeer statue.

Rudy encourages Gussie to date but is disappointed by her choice in men -- Frank Rubin, Max's father!

Hildy has to act more like a mom than a sheriff when Kenny lies to her, and Max, who is plotting a trap for Hildy with some chimpanzees, also gets caught in a lie.

When Hildy releases a bogus fortune with only a warning, the gypsy shows her gratitude by bestowing the legendary ""Golden Streak"" of luck.

Hildy's decision to temporarily house a young shoplifter backfires when the boy convinces her son Kenny to run away from home.

Hildy goes undercover as a hooker to arrest a notorious madam and puts her career on the line when she makes a bad bust.

Badly shaken after having shot a robbery suspect, Putnam announces he is quitting the force.

Hildy disguises herself as a hit woman to supposedly get evidence incriminating a notorious mobster nicknamed ""The Exterminator.""

Hildy's New Year's Eve 'stay sober' party doesn't quite stay sober.

Hildy and the deputies are held hostage by a jilted husband gone berserk.

Jealous of the attention Hildy is getting as spokeswoman for the Tahoe Visitors Bureau, Max mentors an allegedly destitute woman under and receives donations and sympathy from everyone except Hildy, who suspects from the beginning that the woman is a fraud. One is a lonely number as only Hildy doubts a woman, supposedly down on her luck, who is collecting donations from everyone with her sob story.

The deputies are convinced that Hildy is having an affair with her henpecked handyman.

A famous escape artist attempts to break out of Hildy's jail as a publicity stunt.

Hildy has run out of patience with Max's antics and suspends him from the force. But when Max takes a temporary job at a trendy beauty salon, he is so popular with the customers that he announces he is quitting police work for good.

Hildy is determined to stop Max's mail-order-bride business.

Hildy develops her first romantic crush since the death of her husband.