The Best Episodes Written By Erica Oyama

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(10 votes)

   #1 - ... opened a textbook

   S2:E37/15/2021

   Making good grades has never been a priority for Paxton — until a mishap urges him to prove he’s more than a campus heartthrob and star swimmer.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Slide Effect

   S4:E912/5/2017

   Eddie begins to think he needs to find cooler friends to make his mark in high school; Jessica decides to pocket the money she is given to have her photograph professionally taken for her book.

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   7.3/10(12 votes)

   #3 - ... been a big, fat liar

   S1:E74/27/2020

   Devi oversteps several boundaries in an attempt to be a better friend. Eleanor’s reunion with her mother leads to multiple revelations and confessions.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Where Have All the Cattlemen Gone?

   S5:E712/7/2018

   Louis is crushed to find out that Matthew Chestnut is quitting the restaurant to take a job at Dollywood. Louis ends up hiring Eddie’s friend Trent, which doesn’t sit well with his son. Meanwhile, Jessica does everything she can to appease Amy Chestnut in order to get her job as PTA president; and after telling a joke and getting a laugh from Emery, Evan deludes himself into thinking that he’s the funnier brother.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Vice Mommy

   S5:E193/22/2019

   Jessica starts her college classes, leaving Evan in charge at home as “vice mommy.” But the transition doesn’t go smoothly, either for her starting school again or with Evan taking over the reins of the Huang household. Eddie and Louis run into conflict when Eddie just wants his dad to treat him as an employee, and not a son, at Cattleman’s Ranch.

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   6.0/10(11 votes)

   #6 - …had an Indian boyfriend

   S3:E98/12/2022

   Watching Devi struggle with a painful memory, a nervous Rhyah orders Des to keep his distance. Paxton enlists Eleanor's help to break some news to Trent.

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   5.6/10(11 votes)

   #7 - ...gotten sweet revenge

   S4:E26/8/2023

   Bent on exposing who vandalized her car, Devi makes a bold accusation. Fabiola shakes up the robotics club's culture. Pati hides a secret from the family.

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