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The Worst Episodes of How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

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Polly is a single mom who has recently divorced. The transition hasn't been easy for her, especially in this economy. So, like a lot of young people living in this new reality, she and her daughter, Natalie, have moved back home with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max.

Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:ABC

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)" is "How to Have a Play Date", rated 6.1/10 from 34 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "How to Have a Play Date" aired on 6/5/2013 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "How to Get Off the Couch".

  • How to Have a Play Date
    6.1/10 34 votes

    #1 - How to Have a Play Date

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2013

    Polly's desire for Natalie to fit in with the kids and moms at her new school causes tension when she arranges a playdate and Elaine tries to steal the show.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Get Off the Couch
    6.2/10 62 votes

    #2 - How to Get Off the Couch

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2013

    When Polly hurts her back training for a 5K and becomes confined to the couch, her parents step in to take care of Natalie. Elaine finds herself in an awkward situation with Natalie's classmates when they ask her to explain heaven and religion. Meanwhile, Max and Elaine encourage Julian to give Polly some space.

    Director: Alex Hardcastle

    Writer: Matthew Flanagan, David McHugh

  • How to Stand on Your Own Two Feet
    6.4/10 43 votes

    #3 - How to Stand on Your Own Two Feet

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2013

    Polly is determined to start paying her own way, so when her attempt at a second job fails, she decides to go back to school and make something of herself. Meanwhile, Elaine inspires Julian to follow his dream of opening a zombie survivor fantasy camp.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Not Waste Money
    6.4/10 31 votes

    #4 - How to Not Waste Money

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/12/2013

    Max and Polly bond when he helps her learn to follow through on doing things -- like Groupons that she amassed while coping with her separation from Julian.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    6.5/10 83 votes

    #5 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2013

    Polly leaves her irresponsible husband, Julian, and taking her young daughter, Natalie, moves back in with her unpredictable parents, Elaine and stepfather Max. Apprehensive but determined to get her life back on track, Polly jumps into the dating scene and reluctantly leaves Natalie home for a night with her parents.

    Director: Julie Anne Robinson

    Writer: Claudia Lonow

  • How to Not Screw Up Your Kid
    6.5/10 42 votes

    #6 - How to Not Screw Up Your Kid

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2013

    When Polly and Julian tell Natalie they won't be going camping as a family this year, Natalie invents an imaginary bully in an effort to deal with her parents' divorce. Meanwhile, Elaine forces Max into planning to see an old Aunt who is at death's door.

    Director: Bryan Gordon

    Writer: Gregg Mettler

  • How to Fix Up Your Ex
    6.5/10 36 votes

    #7 - How to Fix Up Your Ex

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/2013

    With Polly now happily dating, Natalie wants her dad to also have someone, and guilts Polly into helping Julian find a girl. Meanwhile, Elaine and Max, who have always been unapologetic about who they are, realize they have to make some changes for the sake of Natalie.

    Director: Michael Patrick Jann

    Writer: Franklin Hardy, Shane Kosakowski

  • How to Help the Needy
    6.5/10 38 votes

    #8 - How to Help the Needy

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/19/2013

    When Polly is a hit at Elaine's birthday lunch, Elaine is left feeling uninteresting, so Polly gets her an audition for a movie to boost her ego. But Polly soon realizes she's fallen into an old pattern of putting her mother's dream before her own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Be Gifted
    6.5/10 32 votes

    #9 - How to Be Gifted

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2013

    Having always felt ordinary, Polly gets her family to go the extra mile to get Natalie into the gifted Magnet program, only to discover she's gifted in her own way. Also, when Elaine takes on a part in Max's play reading, their sex life is affected.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Live With the Academy Awards Party
    6.6/10 55 votes

    #10 - How to Live With the Academy Awards Party

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/17/2013

    The family celebrate their favorite holiday - the Oscars. Polly invites an old classmate over for the event and tries to impress him. Meanwhile, Max thinks that Elaine has too close a relationship with her brother, and tensions explode at the party.

    Director: Rodman Flender

    Writer: Jonathan Schmock

  • How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life
    6.6/10 42 votes

    #11 - How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2013

    With Max stressing out over the opening of his second comedy club, and a lawsuit that comes with it, Max and Polly are butting heads - with Max eating anything in sight to calm his nerves. Meanwhile, Polly helps Julian figure out his feelings for his new girlfriend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Get Involved
    6.6/10 38 votes

    #12 - How to Get Involved

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/2013

    When Polly is apprehensive about putting herself up for a promotion (wine and cheese manager) and Natalie announces that she's playing a "hillside" in the school play, Elaine and Max decide to get involved in order to make sure that Natalie and Polly are living up to their full potential.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Run the Show
    7.1/10 41 votes

    #13 - How to Run the Show

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2013

    Elaine and Max encourage Polly to put her needs first, as they did when Polly was growing up, and offer to babysit Natalie so Polly can spend time out with Scott. But they get a quick lesson in parenting the middle ground between letting kids run the show and ending up on a milk carton.

    Director: Reginald Hudlin

    Writer: Dave Horwitz, Marisa Pinson