6.7/10356 votesLoading...#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2018
Will, a 30-something guy, has been so focused on raising his daughter that he’s lost sight of who he is as a man. When the other single parents see just how far down the rabbit hole of PTA, parenting and princesses Will has gone, they band together to get him out in the dating world and make him realize that being a great parent doesn’t mean sacrificing everything about your own identity.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: J. J. Philbin, Elizabeth Meriwether
6.8/10270 votesLoading...#2 - Sleepover Ready
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2018
Douglas is stuck hosting the kids' Saturday sleepover, and Will uses this as an opportunity to try to bond with Douglas, something he hasn't been able to do before. Angie and Graham both struggle with their own fear of sleepovers - Graham is worried to stay the night without his mom and not in his own house, and Angie is worried to sleep over with her man friend Owen. Meanwhile, Poppy helps Miggy come up with potential job ideas in order to help him become more responsible.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Sarah Tapscott
6.9/10243 votesLoading...#3 - A Leash Is Not a Guinea Pig
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2018
After seeing the way Douglas and the twins are barely affected by the death of their guinea pig, Pickle, Poppy encourages Douglas to stop repressing his and the twins' feelings. After seeing how close Graham and Will are becoming, Angie gets jealous when Graham asks Will to go get a colonoscopy to check on his health, so Angie decides to get one herself.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Kim Rosenstock
7.1/10222 votesLoading...#4 - Beyoncé Circa Lemonade
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2018
After scolding Miggy for not being able to sleep-train baby Jack, Angie and Douglas engage in a competition to see who can sleep-train the baby in one night. While Angie and Douglas have the baby, Miggy takes over babysitting Graham, Rory, Sophie, Emma and Amy, which results in an impromptu kids' party. Meanwhile, Poppy teaches Will how to take out his anger on the volleyball court.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Alison Bennett
7.1/10214 votesLoading...#5 - Politician, Freemason, Scientist, Humorist and Diplomat, Ben Franklin
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2018
Will is crushed when Sophie wants to tone down Halloween and invites a boy over. Poppy and the twins attempt to convince a reluctant Douglas to wear a silly costume; after he finally puts it on, he meets the woman of his dreams, who he now is sure will not take him seriously. Meanwhile, Angie struggles to tell her boss that she needs to leave work to be with her son on Halloween, leaving Graham's costume in limbo.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Blake McCormick
7.1/10169 votesLoading...#6 - A Cash-Grab Cooked Up By the Crepe Paper Industry
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2019
Douglas agrees to babysit the kids on Valentine's Day, but when Graham finds himself in a Valentine's Day emergency and Big Red shows up unannounced, Douglas and Big Red band together to help Graham. Meanwhile, Will and Miggy celebrate "Palentine's Day" together - a day honoring the love of two friends - but when they run into Angie at her second job, they help her finish her deliveries so she can be with Owen on Valentine's Day.
Director: Kat Coiro
Writer: Bridger Winegar
7.1/10136 votesLoading...#7 - Big Widow Wives
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2019
After a house incident leaves Graham in fear of staying in his and Angie’s home, Angie enlists Will to help her get the house back together; however, there is a hiccup in the plan as Angie discovers a possum on the loose that she has to deal with. Meanwhile, Poppy discovers that Douglas is lying to her about a weekly poker game he must attend, as he participates in a weekly widow’s support group instead, causing Poppy to get a little jealous of his emotional vulnerability with the women in his support group.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Taylor Cox
7.1/10136 votesLoading...#8 - Welcome to Hilltop!
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2020
Struggling with unexpected news from Ron’s new wife, Sharon, Poppy uses an adventure with Angie to help distract herself from facing her emotions. Meanwhile, Sophie takes on Hilltop, protesting leaving Pete the parrot at school over the three-day weekend, causing Will and Douglas to clash over their stances on activism.
Director: Daryl Wein
Writer: Dani Shank
7.2/10204 votesLoading...#9 - They Call Me DOCTOR Biscuits!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2018
When Graham and Rory are cast in their school's production of "Grease," with Graham as the lead and Rory with a lesser known part, Poppy and Angie get involved and try to appeal to the drama teacher, Dr. Biscuits, to make changes. Meanwhile, Will is not ready to tell Sophie that he's seeing Dr. Dewan, so against his better judgment, he takes Douglas' advice and lies to Sophie.
Director: Maggie Carey
Writer: J. J. Philbin, Berkley Johnson
7.2/10157 votesLoading...#10 - Win a Lunch with KZOP's Will Cooper!
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/20/2019
When no one bids on "Lunch with KZOP's Will Cooper" at the school auction, Poppy and Sophie scheme together to recruit Dr. Biscuits to bid on Will and play the role of his No. 1 fan. Meanwhile, Douglas attempts to teach a reluctant Angie how to cut back on extra spending and become more fiscally responsible.
Director: Kat Coiro
Writer: Berkley Johnson
7.2/10141 votesLoading...#11 - Derek Sucks
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2019
Angie is sent into a tailspin when her long-absent ex-boyfriend Derek, Graham's father, suddenly appears on her doorstep. She asks Will and Miggy for help because, despite his faults, she can't resist Derek. Meanwhile, Douglas and Poppy try for a romantic second date.
Director: Natalia Anderson
Writer: Kim Rosenstock
7.3/10177 votesLoading...#12 - Graham D'Amato: Hot Lunch Mentalist
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2019
Will wants to get back together with Mia, but as their relationship progresses, he finds himself having to choose between the "normal" family he's always wanted and the new family he's created with Angie, Poppy, Miggy, Douglas and the kids. In order to get Will to come back to his senses about Mia, Angie kicks him off the babysitting grid and fills the spot with Dr. Mark, Douglas' rival dermatologist, much to Douglas' chagrin. Meanwhile, Graham is nervous to compete in the talent show and relies on Will to calm him down when he gets nervous on stage.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Blake McCormick
7.3/10164 votesLoading...#13 - John Freakin' Stamos
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2019
When Poppy's ex-husband, Ron, gets serious with his latest girlfriend, Poppy has to deal with the reality of another woman helping to raise her kid. The secret gets out that Sophie has a crush on Graham, which causes a stir not only in the first-grade classroom, but also between Angie and Will. Meanwhile, Miggy gets cold feet after asking Douglas to remove his tattoo of Zara's initials, and Douglas has to help him realize that his relationship with Zara is officially over.
Director: Anya Adams
Writer: Lamar Woods
7.3/10171 votesLoading...#14 - A Radiant Cloak of Sexual Irresistibility
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/2019
In a magical encounter at the Bachelor mansion, Chris Harrison bestows his wisdom on a frustrated Poppy and Angie, attempting to restore their faith in love and happy endings. Meanwhile, Will saves one of the kids at school from playground injury; and Douglas insists Will capitalize on the glow from this heroic act by getting as much attention from women as possible within its 24-hour window.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Ali Kinney
7.3/10159 votesLoading...#15 - Summer of Freedom
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2019
The kids are away for the summer, and the gang looks forward to their freedom. But three months later, it looks like summer is a bust with Will doing all the things on the "Angie and Will's List of Summer Fun" with Tracy Freeze; Angie obsessing over writing the world's longest email to her ex; and Douglas inexplicably ghosting Poppy on their first date.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Alison Bennett
7.3/10130 votesLoading...#16 - Sport
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2019
Will is pumped to become the coach of Sophie's soccer team in order to spend more time with his daughter, especially since she has been distant recently. However, his intentions to focus on Sophie and teach the team that you don't need to win to have fun slowly shift once he realizes he has a secret weapon on his team – Rory – but allowing him on the team means Will must keep a certain secret about Rory. Meanwhile, Douglas and Angie attempt to navigate what their friendship looks like now that they are roommates for the foreseeable future.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Ali Kinney
7.3/10109 votesLoading...#17 - A Night in Camarillo
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2020
Will works through a difficult situation after he learns something about Angie’s new boyfriend, Colin, that she won’t want to hear. Meanwhile, Poppy and Douglas struggle to see eye-to-eye about their future, and the kids are home alone for the first time with Graham in charge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10214 votesLoading...#18 - Lettuce
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2018
Will hits it off with Angie and Graham's pediatrician, Dr. Dewan, but Angie worries he'll ruin Graham's chances of getting on the Mist List for the flu vaccine. Miggy tries to help Will navigate how to handle his situation with Dr. Dewan by giving dating advice. Meanwhile, Douglas gets sick, and while delirious with a fever, he accidentally reveals to Rory that he likes Poppy.
Director: Kat Coiro
Writer: Bridger Winegar
7.4/10182 votesLoading...#19 - Ronald Reagan's White House Collectible Pen
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2018
Will is thrilled to throw the first-grade parent social so that he can use this event to springboard his anti-smartphone platform to get parents to wait to buy their kids cellphones until eighth grade. He ropes his new love interest, Dr. Dewan, into helping him, but his plan doesn't work out quite like he had hoped. Douglas offers to have the social at his house so he can exact revenge on his rival dermatologist, Mark, whom Douglas is convinced stole his prized pen.
Director: Trent O'Donnell
Writer: Ali Kinney
7.4/10179 votesLoading...#20 - All Aboard the Two-Parent Struggle Bus
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2019
When Will's ex, Mia, shows up unexpectedly for Sophie's birthday, Will gets frustrated that she undermines his rules with Sophie. Angie tries to help Will cope by having a fun girls' night at her place and by giving some co-parenting advice, but Poppy reveals and Will quickly learns that Angie isn't the best advice giver. Meanwhile, inspired by Mia's humanitarian work, Miggy and Graham decide to give some items to charity but regret it immediately and seek out help from Douglas to get the items back.
Director: Pete Chatmon
Writer: Alison Bennett
7.4/10163 votesLoading...#21 - Summer of Miggy
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2019
Seeing that baby Jack is about to walk for the first time, Miggy feels old and tries to recapture his youth by throwing an epic party. When the party doesn't go as expected, he insists that Poppy and Douglas stick around to help him. Angie's boyfriend, Owen, meets Graham for the first time, which doesn't go as well as they had hoped. When Will gets an opportunity to do the weather at 10:00 p.m., Rory tags along and causes drama on the set.
Director: Trent O'Donnell
Writer: N/A
7.4/10156 votesLoading...#22 - Lance Bass Space Cump
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2019
After Will realizes he forgot to send in Sophie's deposit for space camp, he must woo the owner of the company, Lance Bass, in order to get her spot at camp back. Meanwhile, the twins' grandmother shows up wanting more time with Amy and Emma during the summer, causing Douglas to spin; and Poppy deals with unwanted old feelings for her ex Ron as she helps him plan his wedding.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: David Feeney
7.4/10153 votesLoading...#23 - Graham Fought the Bones and the Bones Won
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2019
Will feels like everything is changing as Sophie returns home from camp a seemingly different person and as he loses out on being room parent to Douglas. Meanwhile, Miggy gets a new temp job at Angie’s law firm to help him earn more money to go toward Jack’s preschool costs, but he ends up discovering he may like the position more than anyone expected.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Berkley Johnson
7.4/10127 votesLoading...#24 - Xander and Camille
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2019
When the smooth-talking ladies' man, Xander, from Angie's one night stand turns out to be connected to the group in an unexpected way, she starts spiraling. Douglas is forced to confront some family issues with a little help from Poppy. Meanwhile, Will attempts to teach Miggy how to work on his disciplining skills as a parent, but Sophie, Rory and Graham make it anything but easy on him.
Director: Trent O'Donnell
Writer: Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson
7.4/10127 votesLoading...#25 - Yarn and Pebbles
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2020
While Graham joins Derek at Ratso’s for a day of father-and-son bonding, a jealous Angie enlists Douglas to help her make sure they don’t bond too much. The twins and Rory eat all the food in Douglas’ house to save his life, and Poppy and Miggy try to help Will with a dating situation named “Kay,” only to have it backfire.
Director: Michael Schur
Writer: Noah Garfinkel
The Worst Episodes of Single Parents
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A group of single parents lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "Single Parents". It scored 6.7/10 based on 356 votes. Directed by Jason Winer and written by J. J. Philbin, Elizabeth Meriwether, it aired on 9/26/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sleepover Ready".