Holly decides that she and Rodney should start working out together in order to spend more time with one another. Holly's brother Matt and his wife Cindy make a surprise visit to Dolores in Palm Springs. When Ryan learns about event for Siblings of People with Autism, she takes inspiration and plans a day of surfing for her, R.J. and his friends and their siblings.

Robinson wants to try his hand at acting and, initially wary of her son becoming a child actor, Holly relents and allows him to audition for a role on her new "Morning Show Murders" movie for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Dr. Wiley's Autism: Beyond the Label gala is fast approaching, and Rodney is on a mission to make certain that honoree R.J.'s acceptance speech is "ready for primetime." And when Rodney's former USC teammate, Chris Hale, challenges him to a tailgate cook-off, the gauntlet is thrown down and the cook-off is on!