Freddie joins Spencer to go fencing and have some "guy time" after he realizes that he can't keep hanging with girls all the time. When Spencer's rival, Doug Toder, sees how good Freddie is, Spencer puts Freddie up against him in a match of fencing. Carly is mad at Spencer and Freddie both for not helping her out during the visit of their nerdy cousins, the Dorfmans, and his obsession with fencing, so she banishes him from fencing with Freddie. Freddie tries to tell Carly that she has no right to tell Spencer no more fencing but takes it farther by telling Mrs. Benson and sends him home for a tick check when he doesn't even have ticks. But Carly begins to realise how much he deserves to have some "guy time", and tries to convince Mrs. Benson to change her mind. Meanwhile, Sam and Freddie have a bet to see if Sam can read a book. Sam gets interested in books for the first time and wins the bet.