Astrid and James realize they are at the dawning of a new era when Felix starts showing signs of preteen rebellion; James tries to ease tensions after he rejects Bo's job offer.
After Nisha gets in a minor fender bender, Astrid decides to help her buy a new car; James' stay-at-home-dad duties eclipse his efforts of a job search when he struggles to complete a simple task as part of an interview.
Feeling left out when Ennis makes a new friend, James inserts himself in Ennis' dodgeball tournament. Meanwhile, Astrid struggles to help Viv to control her emotions, especially when frustrations at work make leading by example difficult.
When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find time to play; but a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the time between when the kids are supposed to be in bed and when Astrid and James have to go to bed themselves
In a mockumentary style episode, Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it by arranging something special for Nisha's surprise birthday party; James misses the good old days of work.
Astrid and James get some much-needed adult time when they convince Nisha to take the kids for the night; their night gets complicated however, when a small lie grows out of control.
With work keeping him busy, James feels even more disconnected from Felix; when Felix shares a personal secret with Astrid, James goes too far trying to learn the secret himself.
James finally pays off his student loans, he celebrates by buying an expensive chair; the kids threaten to ruin it with their stain-inducing activities; Astrid discovers that someone from her past has taken out a peace bond against her.
Astrid and James worry that Viv may be too weird to make friends; when they encourage Viv to invite some classmates over for a sleepover, they learn that the only thing scarier than their own children are other people's children.
Astrid leaves no stone unturned as she tries to find her phone before she misses a prize-winning call from a radio station; James and Ennis are given their first task as co-heads of GOBO but have a falling out over their work styles.
Astrid and James put together a complex summer schedule of camps, activities and work that only leaves one day where the entire family is free; the pressure is on to make the most of their time together.
