Taking Joe's advice nets Andy a new friend, but leaves Matt uncool at school; and Joe is anything but cool when he shirks his responsibilities for a free-spirited woman of independent means.

The younger Roman brothers consider their Designated Dad Jack a delightful companion, but to Joe he's an interloper in the family.

Claire has butterflies as she prepares for a first date. So do Matt and Andy, who fear that a newcomer will replace their dad.

A fortuneteller gives Joe a Halloween scare, as does Andy's disappearance; Claire goes solo to a party; Matt endures the taunts of college-age trick-or-treaters. All this goes on while Lloyd watches the scariest movie ever made.

An old girlfriend from high school visits Joe and he invites to spend the night. Matt accidentally sees the girl get out of the shower, causing Claire to tell Joe he is setting a bad example for the younger boys. Andy, meanwhile, can't face telling Claire that he isn't ready to go to a sleepover birthday party at a neighbor's house.

Joe regrets the path his life has taken after running into a once-unpopular classmate who's now headed for rock stardom.

Lloyd promises Andy that Santa would get him anything he wants for Christmas but finds himself in a bind when he is unable to pull it off.

Matt hopes to shed his boring image by catching the action at a salsa dance club, where his mom and Lou suddenly show up; and so do Joe and Andy, who swing by in a Batmobile-style cruiser.

The boys fend for themselves when Claire goes to a spa for the weekend.

Claire, Andy, and Lloyd come down with chicken pox. Joe makes an executive decision to expand Roman Customizing by signing a new account Claire had already turned down.

The boys' lovable grandpa Big Mike rolls into town in a big rig and for a time endears himself to Joe with some promises he can't keep.

Lloyd's RV-driving mom visits as Joe is pushing to enter Andy in a pine-box derby to prevent a business rival's son from beating Matt's previous winning record.

Andy figures he won't get into any more trouble in school if Joe dates his teacher. Claire meets a potential date at the supermarket. Psychology student Matt fears he may have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Matt's new girlfriend wants him to get a tattoo.

Kristin gets Matt a job at a music store, but his future there looks bleak when the manager collars a shoplifter.

Romance is in the air at the pizza parlor as Matt's co-worker falls for Joe and Andy falls for a young girl who doesn't think his jokes are funny.

Andy becomes Joe's good luck charm on a trip to Atlantic City. Meanwhile, bad luck crashes the scene when Matt throws his first big party.

Mother's Day brings a surprise visit from Joe's hippie mom, who's pregnant and married to an aura-photographer.

Matt and Andy mix like oil and water with Joe, who means to collect his share of their late father's garage.

Matt hopes to reinvent himself for a newcomer visiting her grandfather in the neighborhood; Andy fears getting hit by a comet.

Matt wants to play Philadelphia's Lucky Burger clown for the money while Joey wants to join the motorcycle-racing circuit and follow in his father's footsteps, which worries Claire.

Andy's excited about wearing his wilderness badge from the Young Pioneers, but his enthusiasm is dampened when a storm cancels his planned camping trip.

Joe moves in for the kill after Matt claims he's just friends with Kristin; an ice-cream vendor is a real treat for Andy and Claire.

A conspiratorial Lloyd locks up Joe and Lou in the storeroom on a day that Lou has arranged a blind date and Joe has promised to aid Matt in a fight with a school bully.

Matt and Joe get into a heated debate over which of them should date Matt's forensics teacher after a field trip, Andy blames himself for the crack in the Liberty Bell.