Lawrence Hodges is a creature of imagination. One moment, he’s a major-league baseball player, and the next, he’s a mad scientist working on his latest Frankenstein-like creation. But lately, an odd element keeps creeping into Lawrence’s imagination, his father. Or, more precisely, his lack of one.

Lawrence’s dad is on the road a lot, never around when Lawrence really needs him. So Lawrence turns to what he believes is the best substitute, the Bones of Rath. Rusty recruits him, and soon Lawrence begins taking on the Bones’s unfavorable characteristics. This all culminates in Lawrence vandalizing several flowerpots sitting on the Barclay’s front lawn. Mrs. Hodges is mortified, but George recognizes that Lawrence really needs a father figure in his life. George offers to be there for Lawrence whenever he needs someone. Lawrence happily agrees. He is on his way to learning what the love of God, the perfect father, is all about.