At home, Mom and Dad ask the twins to clarify the problem. Fran argues that Maureen is copying her by running for class president. Mom asks if Maureen really wants to run for president. Privately, Maureen admits that she doesn’t, but out loud, she insists that she does and asserts the need to get extra credit. This makes Fran even angrier. Dad says it was disingenuous for Maureen not to tell Fran. Maureen says Mom and Dad are the disingenuous ones for secretly switching the girls’ schedules, and the family conversation devolves into an argument. Mom and Dad eventually decide that it could be good for the twins to run against each other, so they don’t force either one to quit. However, they require the girls to refrain from arguing and from smear campaigns.

In their bedroom, the girls immediately begin arguing, and the conversation escalates when Fran calls her campaign committee (which includes Monique) and asks Maureen to leave so she can discuss strategy privately. Maureen is mad that Monique is on Fran’s committee, and Dad interrupts the yelling and sends each girl to a different room. At dinner, the girls’ parents announce that they must occupy different rooms until the election is over.