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To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.

Grindl undertakes various temporary jobs, from babysitting to ticket sales, finding creative solutions through her eccentric approach.

Grindl plays Santa and exposes a robbery plot.

Imogene Coca finds the perfect job for a retired railroad engineer who is cranky and irritable because he misses railroading.

In the series final episode, Grindl appears to be the recipient of a sizable windfall when she learns her cousin has died and left behind an estate valued at half a million dollars. However, outstanding debts have eaten away at the assets, and instead of a fortune, Grindl finds herself the recipient of a very obnoxious eleven year old boy.

While working for the noted horticulturist Luther Pontifex, Grindl notes that his ever-expanding awards for growing roses also appear to be directly proportional to the number of his recently departed housekeepers. Grindl is moved to action when Pontifex decides to name his latest flower in honor of her.

Grindl decides to take a vacation and travels to Nevada where she owns a tract of undeveloped land. Her plans to pitch a tent and camp out on the property go awry when she arrives to find that land developers have built a thriving casino on the same spot.

Insurance adjusters trying to locate stolen money ask Grindl to pose as an gangster's girlfriend.

You can't judge a book by its cover is the lesson learned by Grindl when she goes to work in a seemingly safe and tranquil bookstore. She's stunned to learn that it's actually a front for counterfeiters, and then is mortified to realize they plan to kill her after she passes on their fake loot.

Grindl begins an assignment working with scientist Dr. Lou Stevens who has developed a highly explosive rocket fuel he has hidden inside his refrigerator. The situation becomes extremely volatile when spies arrive to steal the formula but one of them accidentally ingests it.

Chaos reigns in the American stock market thanks to Grindl. Working the telephone switchboard for a large business, she begins to offer callers unsolicited stock advice based on her interest in numerology. The results are potentially dire for those who choose to follow her suggestions.

Grindl is working for an invalid who accepts a large insurance check for his disability. But when she learns he is physically fine she is at odds with her employer.

A lunatic Olaf is setting off bombs that go off when the phone rings. He makes an error in judgment when he decides to use a answering service where Grindl works.

Grindl's vow to stop interfering in the lives of others is short-lived when she is sent to work for preoccupied attorney Mr. Jordan. When Jordan intentionally brings home an attractive secretary to make his wife jealous, Grindl misinterprets the situation and creates more chaos.

Grindl joins a cast of sophisticated characters when she becomes employed as a personal assistant to the famous Broadway star Gloria Lanett. However, Gloria turns up dead, and one of her many debonair male acquaintances could be responsible. It's up to Grindl to help solve the mystery.

Grindl decides she wants to be her own boss and takes a job as a vacuum cleaner saleslady. The situation takes a turn when Grindl finds pearls in one of the machines.

Grindl daydreams of becoming lady of the manor at Dundsetter Moors, her family's ancestral English estate. In her fantasy, she travels to foggy London to claim the estate as her own, but she faces opposition from others who are bent on scaring her away.

Grindl is on a jury and votes not guilty because she likes the defendant's blue eyes. This puts her at odd with her fellow jurors who all believe in the man's guilt.

Grindl, the only witness to a gangland slaying, is told the identity of the killer by the victim's talking dog. When she attempts to report the information to the police, she finds herself in a hilarious predicament courtesy of the real killer, who is also a ventriloquist.